Anatom3DMiddle part of ileum
Pars media ilei · Střední část kyčelníku
Digestive system
Looks like
The middle loops of the ileum, largely in the lower belly and pelvis, with thinner walls and more fat in its mesentery.
What it does
Absorbs nutrients and water and hosts immune tissue that samples gut contents.
Keeping it well
Crohn disease can affect patches anywhere here; imaging with MR enterography shows it.
Related conditions
- Acute mesenteric ischaemia (gut stroke)
- B12 & folate deficiency
- Bowel obstruction
- Coeliac disease
- Crohn's disease
- Food poisoning
- Gastroenteritis
- Giardiasis
- Intestinal worms & schistosomiasis
- Intussusception & pyloric stenosis
- Iron deficiency
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Lactose & food intolerance
- Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
- Necrotising enterocolitis
- Neuroendocrine tumours (carcinoid)
- Radiation injury
- Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)
- Typhoid & cholera
- Volvulus (twisted bowel)