Illustration of Human Intestines 照片檔

A schematic illustration of human intestines and some details of the inside of the small intestines. Part of a series of six major human organs (lungs, heart, brain, liver, kidneys, intestines). Top: an illustration of the intestines, in pink and light brown, the small intestine and at the top, the connection to the stomach. In dark brown, the large intestine with at the bottom left the appendix and at the bottom the rectum and anus. Bottom: a tiny illustration of the small intestine, next to it a cross section of the small intestine revealing the folded texture of its lining, next to that, one of the folds or villus. And at the far right, an extreme close-up of a piece of the fold with the micro villi, and in blue and orange, a representation of the microbiome, the bacteria that live in the intestines and help with metabolism.