Surgical Anatomy of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Its Vasculature in the Laboratory Rat

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Rat intestine </td><td align="center">Human intestine</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Length 1745 mm</td><td align="center">Length 6-7 m</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Small intestine 1485 mm</td><td align="center">Small intestine 5,5–6,4 m</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Large intestine 260 mm</td><td align="center">Large intestine 1,5 m</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Morphological comparison of the rat and human intestine.

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Table 4: Surgical Anatomy of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Its Vasculature in the Laboratory Rat 