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Table 1 Definitions of intestinal segments

From: The intestinal distribution pattern of appetite- and glucose regulatory peptides in mice, rats and pigs

 

Wistar rat

C57bl/6/mouse

LYY strain pig

Duodenum

0.5 cm after pyloric sphincter

0–3 cm after pyloric sphincter

5 cm after pyloric sphincter

Prox. Jejunum

6 cm after pyloric sphincter

3 cm after pyloric sphincter

50 cm after pyloric sphincter

Dist. ileum

0.5 cm before the ileo-cecal junction

0.5 cm before the ileo-cecal junction

10 cm before the ileo-cecal junction

Caecum

Mid part of caecum

Mid part of caecum

Mid part of caecum

Prox. colon

0.5 cm after colon connects to caecum

First 5 cm of colon

10 cm after caecum

Dist. colon

0.5 cm before rectum

0.5 cm before rectum

10 cm before rectum

  1. The anatomical definitions shown above have previously been published by Kuhre et al. [20]