ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Like the small intestine, it is packed into the body, and would measure 5 feet (about 1.5 meters) long if you spread it out.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although the small intestine is narrower than the large intestine, it is actually the longest section of your digestive tube, measuring about 22 feet (or seven meters) on average, or three-and-a-half times the length of your body.

Detailed explanation-3: -The whole human GI tract is about nine metres (30 feet) long at autopsy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Duodenum. The duodenum is the first part of the small intestine that the stomach feeds into. It’s a short, descending chute (about 10 inches long) that curves around the pancreas in a “C” shape before connecting to the rest of the coiled intestines.

Detailed explanation-5: -From the lips to the lower end of the stomach: 0.7 m (28 in) From the lips to the lower end of the stomach, there is about 70 cm (28 in).