Segment of the alimentary canal extending from the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine. [ GOC:GO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intestine ]
Synonyms: bowel
Term information
- FMA:7199
- MA:0001524
- EV:0100071
- galen:Intestine
- MIAA:0000043
- UMLS:C0021853 (ncithesaurus:Intestine)
- Wikipedia:Intestine
- WBbt:0005772
- ZFA:0001338
- VHOG:0000056
- CALOHA:TS-0490
- NCIT:C12736
- EMAPA:32874
- GAID:295
- ANISEED:1235303
- MA:0000328
- AAO:0000246
- BTO:0000648
- TAO:0001338
- EFO:0000834
- XAO:0000129
- BSA:0000093
- SCTID:256876008
- MESH:D007422
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Portion of the alimentary canal bounded anteriorly by the pyloric sphincter and posteriorly by the cloacal sphincter.[AAO]
The tract of the alimentary canal. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG]
In zebrafish, No stomach, small intestine, or large intestine can be distinguished. However, differences can be found in the morphology of the mucosa columnar epithelial cells and the number of goblet cells, suggesting functional differentiation. The intestine has numerous folds that become progressively shorter in a rostral-to-caudal direction. Proportionally, these folds are significantly larger than the finger-like intestinal villi of mammals and other amniotes (Wallace et al. 2005). Columnar-shaped absorptive enterocytes are the most numerous in the zebrafish intestinal epithelium. Goblet cells are the second most populous epithelial cell type.
Term relations
- subdivision of digestive tract
- part of some alimentary part of gastrointestinal system
- contributes to morphology of some digestive system