Talk:Small intestine

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Contents 1 add histology 2 Intestine 3 vandalism 4 Jobs 5 Change length of sections to ratios? 6 Can someone put more usable info?

[edit] add histology

can someone please add the histology of the stomach / other digestive systems? hi, my name is Nadyn and i am 12. I am just wondering how long food stays in the small intestine??? when the food reaches the small intestine, i know everything but how long it stays in there for?? because i have a summary i have to do... please help! xx thanks

this is not a tutoring/homework-assist site. please refrain from spamming wikipedia with your homework requests in the future. Lesotho 17:29, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

The small intestine is 20ft long, not about 9ft. I don't know what the sources are, but Snell's Clinical Anatomy(and numerous web SOurcees) state that it is abotu 20ft long.

You're right...the lengths stated for the overall small intestine and the three structural parts that comprise it were way off. I've corrected the lengths. 69.110.155.206 09:31, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

I would also like to know how long food stays in the small intestine. I am not doing homework just courious : )) Cathie

[edit] Intestine

Ok, I'm really sorry. I didn't realise this article existed so i went full steam ahead and did the intestine article. However i think all my info on the general layout of the gut with mucosa, muscularis externa etc can be salvaged for use in this article or another. Plus i did a good bit on facilitated diffusion of glucose in the ileum. Sorry again I'm a complete newbie. Please just consider what i said. Crabulon 23:57 GMT

well, your article is certainly informative and i think that both the 'intestine' and 'small intestine' articles complement one another. the bad news is, however, that they now need to be merged. the combined article should be a big improvement over any of the individual articles, i believe. Lesotho 00:16, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] vandalism

the main article has been vandalized...can some admin please lock it temporarily and reverse the spam? Lesotho 19:52, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jobs

Why is the small intestine good at doing its job? I was just trying to find out as much as possible about it.

[edit] Change length of sections to ratios?

Since the length isn't always the same, shouldn't the length of each section be a percentage or fraction?
Crazydog115 05:21, 22 February 2007 (UTC)this page is so cool i needed this page so much.

[edit] Can someone put more usable info?

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