X in the image is the small intestine. Its characteristic feathery appearance after a barium meal is due to permanent circular folds and villi. The villi give the small intestine a great mucosal surface area.
nwinkelmannYes. The appearance of the mucosal folds depends upon the diameter of the bowel, and when they fold they appear feathery. Mucosal folds are largest and most numerous in the jejunum and tend to disappear in the lower part of the ileum. +2019-07-07T13:12:06Z
What is the letter Y indicating in the picture? is it the large intestine?
humble_stationFor this answer to make sense to me, Y should be the beginning of the large intestine like the terminal ileum/cecum leading up to the ascending colon+2019-09-27T01:23:45Z
to snoo-finity ... and beyond!
submitted by hayayah(505), 2019-05-28T20:23:38Z
X in the image is the small intestine. Its characteristic feathery appearance after a barium meal is due to permanent circular folds and villi. The villi give the small intestine a great mucosal surface area.