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the longest stretch of small intestine, where your meal's last nutrients get strip-mined before goodbye
prime lengthruns roughly four meters of coiled tube
b12 gatekeeperonly spot that absorbs vitamin B12
immune fortresspacked with Peyer's patches guarding against gut invaders
name originfrom Greek for twist or roll up
valve finaleends at the ileocecal valve into large intestine