next of the small intestines is the

jejunum

, so called from its being generally empty. It is smaller in bulk than the duodenum, and the chyme passes rapidly through it.

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in the list is the

ileum

; but it is difficult to say where the jejunum terminates and the ileum commences, except that the latter is usually one-fifth longer than the former.

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the termination of the ileum the

cæcum