ileum

Definition

The portion of the small intestine that extends from the jejunum to the colon.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Relations

Arterial supply

ileal arteries

Venous drainage

Ileal veins

Sub-structures

• distal part of ileum
• middle part of ileum
• proximal part of ileum

Neighbouring structures

• small bowel (jejunum and ileum)
• duodenum
• jejunum
• wall of small intestine

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Wikipedia (English)

Identifiers

TA2

2959

TA98

A05.6.04.001

FMA

7208

UBERON

0002116

Wikidata

Q233345