It is also thought to help digestion by widening the angle of the duodenojejunal flexure.
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There are other smaller recesses including those around the duodenojejunal flexure, cecum, and the sigmoid colon.
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The jejunum is considered to begin at the attachment of the suspensory muscle of the duodenum to the duodenum, a location called the duodenojejunal flexure.
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The single greatest advance in this regard was the identification of the mesenteric organ as being contiguous, as it spans the gastrointestinal tract from duodenojejunal flexure to mesorectal level.
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"' Duodenal atresia "', also known as "'duodenojejunal atresia "', is the congenital absence or complete closure of a portion of the double-bubble sign.