noun. The terminal portion of the small intestine extending from the jejunum to the cecum.

noun. In anatomy, the lower one of three parts into which the small intestine is divisible, continuous with the jejunum and ending in the large intestine: more fully called intestinum ileum, from its many coils or convolutions.

noun. Hence, in general, the lower part, of indeterminate extent, of the small intestine; or, when there is no distinction between large and small intestine, a part of the intestine preceding the cæcum or the cæca.

noun. In entomology, a narrow part of the intestine of an insect, generally adjoining the ventriculus or stomach, and divided from the broader colon or second intestine by a constriction or valve.

noun. The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.

noun. See Ilium.

noun. The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.

noun. the part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum

"The ileum is shorter, there is no sacculus rotundus, and the large intestine has no caecum, none of the characteristic sacculations of the rabbit's colon, and does not loop back to the stomach before the rectum section commences."

ileal  ileitis  ileostomy  ileotomy  ileus  

small intestine  

alkyne  anastomosis  aorta  cecum  colon  

Ilium  ileon