Alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs

concept

Human body, arteries and viscera, Persian, 1893

Mouse colon infected with Citrobacter rodentium

A length of coiled intestine. Watercolour, 18--.

Small intestine mucosa

Vishnu in his incarnation as Narasimha, the man-lion. Engraving, 1672.

A single enteropathogenic E. coli in the intestine

Human small intestine showing villi and glands. The cytokeratinin the cells is stained blue, the cell nuclei are stained red and the endothelial cells lining the blood vessels are stained green.

Digestive system: twelve figures, including teeth, intestines and colon. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Son, 1813.

TEM gut cell undergoing secondary necrosis

Microvilli on epithelial cells

Über den Ursprung und den Verlauf der Chylusgefässe in der Darmwand / von Prof. Ernst Brücke.

Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Eingeweidewürmer thierischer Körper / [Johann August Ephraim Goeze].

Allergic colitis haemorrhagica

Faecal vomiting and anti-peristalsis

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Intestines

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Microvilli on epithelial cells

Über den Ursprung und den Verlauf der Chylusgefässe in der Darmwand / von Prof. Ernst Brücke.

Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Eingeweidewürmer thierischer Körper / [Johann August Ephraim Goeze].

Allergic colitis haemorrhagica

Faecal vomiting and anti-peristalsis

Intestines

Images from the collections

Images referencing Intestines

Works from the collections

Microvilli on epithelial cells

Über den Ursprung und den Verlauf der Chylusgefässe in der Darmwand / von Prof. Ernst Brücke.

Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Eingeweidewürmer thierischer Körper / [Johann August Ephraim Goeze].

Allergic colitis haemorrhagica

Faecal vomiting and anti-peristalsis

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