ileum

final section of the small intestine in most higher vertebrates, including mammals, reptiles, and birds
Thing organ_type Q233345
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ileum

Summary

ileum is an organ type[1]. ileum draws 283 Wikipedia views per month (organ_type category, ranking #42 of 50).[2]

Key Facts

  • ileum's image is recorded as Illu small intestine.jpg[3].
  • ileum's image is recorded as Illu small intestine català.png[4].
  • ileum's instance of is recorded as organ type[5].
  • ileum's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[6].
  • ileum's follows is recorded as jejunum[7].
  • ileum's subclass of is recorded as zone of small intestine[8].
  • ileum's subclass of is recorded as particular anatomical entity[9].
  • ileum's part of is recorded as small intestine[10].
  • ileum's Commons category is recorded as Ileum[11].
  • ileum's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D007082[12].
  • ileum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0pf0h[13].
  • ileum's MeSH tree code is recorded as A03.556.124.684.249[14].
  • ileum's MeSH tree code is recorded as A03.556.249.124[15].
  • ileum's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1488238[16].
  • ileum's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A05.6.04.001[17].
  • ileum's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[18].
  • ileum's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 7208[19].
  • ileum's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/ileum[20].
  • ileum's UBERON ID is recorded as 0002116[21].
  • ileum's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12387[22].
  • ileum's arterial supply is recorded as ileal arteries[23].
  • ileum's venous drainage is recorded as Ileal veins[24].
  • ileum's connects with is recorded as jejunum[25].
  • ileum's connects with is recorded as colon[26].
  • ileum's connects with is recorded as ascending colon[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for ileum include ileocolic artery[28], an artery[29].

Why It Matters

ileum draws 283 Wikipedia views per month (organ_type category, ranking #42 of 50).[2] ileum has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] ileum is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for ileum include ileocolic artery[28], an artery[29].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ileum_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ileum}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ileum}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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