How to Use small intestine in a Sentence

small intestine

noun

• The new solution sticks to the lining of the small intestine and can be loaded up with drugs.
  — Pratibha Gopalakrishna, STAT, 26 Aug. 2020
• Now they've been used to show which cells within the small intestine can be infected by the virus.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 May 2020
• The process typically takes place in the upper GI tract, which includes the stomach and the first part of the small intestine.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 25 Oct. 2019
• Gallstones can block the the tiny tubes that carry the digestive juices that are made by the gallbladder to the small intestine.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
• What was once contained to his right kidney has moved on to his liver, the lining of his small intestines and even an artery in his leg.
  — Nick Talbot, ExpressNews.com, 15 May 2020
• Digestive enzymes and acid in your stomach break down the food which is then passed through to the small intestine.
  — Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 31 July 2022
• The doses were delivered to the small intestine through a tube inserted into the mouth and down the throat.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2019
• The same oligosaccharides on red blood cells also appear on the surface of cells that line the small intestine.
  — Patricia L. Foster, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2020
• The tube is inserted through the patient’s mouth and stomach, then into the first part of the small intestine, called the duodenum.
  — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2019
• In the meantime, acids in the stomach and enzymes in the small intestine start processing what has arrived.
  — James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
• And one of them was stuck in the narrow tube that carries the digestive fluid known as bile from the gallbladder to the small intestine.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 May 2023
• In a few cases, the virus persisted in small intestine cells at low levels for weeks or even months.
  — Lenny Bernstein, Ben Guarino, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2021
• Ulcers Peptic ulcers are sores in the stomach and duodenum, or the first part of the small intestine.
  — Amanda Gardner, Health, 29 Oct. 2023
• Since they’re both absorbed by the small intestine, they should be spaced out so as to not compete for absorption.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2024
• An initial necropsy found a mass in her small intestine and a cystic lesion in her brain.
  — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
• The common hepatic duct connects to the cystic duct to form the common bile duct, which then carries bile to the small intestine.
  — Doru Paul, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2023
• Gastroparesis is a condition that slows or stops the movement of food out of the stomach and into the small intestines.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 2 Aug. 2023
• This helps them safely reach the small intestine, where the allergens then need to cross the gut lining to have contact with the immune system.
  — Dwan Price, Quartz, 18 Dec. 2019
• The flexible, lighted duodenoscope is threaded through the mouth and stomach to gain access to the top of the small intestine.
  — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2019
• They are joined at the lower chest and abdomen and share a liver, pancreatic glands, and part of their small intestine.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 26 May 2021
• Sawas focused on the two abnormalities of the work-up — the inflammation of the small intestine and the low elastase.
  — New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022
• The company also sells scopes for procedures in the bladder, small intestine and ear, nose and throat.
  — Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2022
• The closer a pill lands to the antrum, the last part of the stomach before the intestine, the faster the pill begins to dissolve and find its way through the pylorus into the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
• Paneth cells are specialized epithelial cells which line the surface of the small intestine.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2022
• Different foods and beverages take different amounts of time to pass from the stomach to the small intestine, Houghton said.
  — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 3 Jan. 2024
• But the next year, a surgeon at the same hospital removed part of her small intestine and inserted a feeding tube.
  — NBC News, 10 Feb. 2022
• After passing through the stomach and small intestine, the food enters the large intestine.
  — Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 31 July 2022
• With the camera on, doctors immediately found the source of the problem: Large flatworms were seen spilling out of the bile duct into the small intestine.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2019
• The coronavirus infects cells that line the inside of the large and small intestine, called gut enterocytes.
  — Sharon Begley, STAT, 26 June 2020
• The liver also produces bile, a product which helps to move waste and break down fats in the small intestine during digestion.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024