intestine

Everyday

1. The intestines are the long tubes in your belly that food passes through after the stomach. tree →
2. The small intestine takes the useful parts of food into the blood. tree →
3. The large intestine takes in water and pushes out waste as poo. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons about the human body and the digestive system, food goes mouth → oesophagus (food pipe) → stomach → small intestine → large intestine. The small intestine is long, around 6 metres in an adult, folded up inside you. Animals have intestines too. Words: gut, bowel, digestion.

Examples

• Food goes from your stomach into your small intestine. tree →
• The small intestine is longer than the large intestine. tree →
• The large intestine soaks up water from waste. tree →
• Your intestines are coiled up inside your belly. tree →
• We drew the digestive system with the intestines in it. tree →
• Fibre in fruit and vegetables helps your intestines work well. tree →
• A cow has very long intestines to digest grass. tree →
• The doctor said the pain was in his intestine. tree →

Note

Usually plural: the intestines. «Small» and «large» are about width, not length: the small intestine is narrower but much longer. «Gut» and «bowel» are everyday words for intestines. Spelled -ine, said «in-TES-tin».

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah links the letter Nun with Scorpio, Marcheshvan and the intestines. Each letter is assigned a month, a sign and an organ. In the primary lessons: In science lessons about the human body and the digestive system, food goes mouth → oesophagus (food pipe) → stomach → small intestine → large intestine. The small intestine is long, around 6 metres in an adult, folded up inside you. Animals have intestines too. Words: gut, bowel, digestion.

Examples

• Postellus then gives, " intestina, vesica, arterise ", the intestines, bladder and arteries; Rittangelius gives the same. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• He produced Nun, predominant in smell, crowned, combined, and formed Scorpio in the world, Marchesvan in the year, and the intestines in man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• The twelve organs of the human body are: two hands, two feet, two kidneys, gall, small intestines, liver, gullet [39] or esophagus, stomach and milt. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

Usually plural: the intestines. «Small» and «large» are about width, not length: the small intestine is narrower but much longer. «Gut» and «bowel» are everyday words for intestines. Spelled -ine, said «in-TES-tin».