Talk:Jejunum

i only quickly scanned the article, but please say the order of the units - not just that it is in between the other two units.

I think more could be added on which vitamins, minerals (major and minor) and other types of food are absorbed here

I think it would be great if we added a page on jejunal and illeum differences but i am too stupid to know how to do that...

This page needs the function of the jejunum.

Why is the rectum not labeled on here?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by I.blow.stuff.up (talk • contribs) 03:10, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Should there be a References in other media section here as well? Or could it be added that (Woody Harrelson's character) Ed Monix in Semi-Pro punches (Will Ferrell's character) Jackie Moon in the Jejunum in order to make him gag and throw up. The reference was from a wikipedia article about Semi-Pro: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-Pro) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.245.32.210 (talk) 13:36, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

mesentery & mobility
The article currently reads: "The jejunum and the ileum are suspended by mesentery which gives the bowel great mobility within the abdomen."

Does the connection to mesentery really make it more mobile? If anything, I'd think that the mesentery limits the jejunum's mobility, even though it doesn't limit it very much. Is there particular reasoning behind this statement? Faunablues (talk) 01:08, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Ще има подструктури --90.154.142.43 (talk) 08:17, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Primary source is missing
The source link is dead. Please update this with a valid reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.38.117.2 (talk) 11:55, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

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Small intestine microbiota
While the article describes an important function of the jejunum as absorption of nutrients, there is no mention of the gut microbiome or its role in this part of the small bowel. One can make a good case, I think, for the possibility that a healthy jejunal microbiome contains bacterial species such as Lactobacillus Johnsonii which ferment glucose. Fermentation of glucose to short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) such as butyrate is beneficial, as butyrate is anti-inflammatory and helps protect the gut lining, but also is absorbed systemically to exert anti-inflammatory effects elsewhere in the organism. Moreover, when glucose is consumed by bacterial fermentation, it is no longer available to be absorbed, and as a result less insulin will be secreted by pancreatic beta-cells. And of course, SCFAs have only a fraction of the energy content of the carbohydrate prior to fermentation. Holder66 (talk) 03:13, 26 June 2024 (UTC)