Converse of object

• colonize: Modification of the numbers or types of microorganism colonizing the intestine can have a profound effect on normal gastrointestinal function.

• reach: The goal is to have Colostrum reach the small intestine intact where it does its best work.

• affect: Crohn's disease commonly affects the small intestine, a part of the bowel that is exceptionally rarely the site of cancer.

• enter: As soon as food enters the small intestine from the stomach, your brain receives a message saying ' Stop Eating!

• cause: Even a single fragment can rupture the spleen, or cause the intestines to explode.

• line: The enzymes come from the pancreas and from cells lining the intestine.

Converse of subject

• absorb: Studies have shown that peptide bonded amino acids are better absorbed by the small intestines than are crystalline free form amino acids.

Adjective modifier

• bovine: He considered that there were ' presentational problems ' with introducing a ban on the use of bovine intestines in haggis on Burns Night.

• small: Eating gluten causes the lining of the small intestine to become damaged thus reducing the coeliac's ability to absorb certain foods.

• large: The second group have a problem in their large intestine.

• upper: The organism also has the ability to adhere to the upper small intestine, an area with no normal resident flora.

• human: The adult form is found attached on the inside of human intestines, the larval form is found in the pig.

• healthy: The pH and high oxygen content of the healthy small intestine do not support growth of the organisms.

Modifies a noun

• wall: Large amounts of food or cold water may cause spasms of the intestine wall.

Noun used with modifier

• sheep: But the FSA has advised the public not to eat mutton or sausages made with casings from sheep intestines.

Possessives

• horse: Grass sickness is a usually fatal condition of grazing horses which causes varying degrees of paralysis of the horse's intestines.

Preposition: of

• calf: In June 1994, the intestines of calves under six months old were banned from entering the human food chain.

• animal: A: The intestines of all animals, even humans, are populated by bacteria.

• child: He said, " Polio spreads through the wild polio virus which inhabits the intestines of the children.

Preposition: for

• absorption: But the truth is that the bacteria produce B12 too far down the intestine for absorption to occur.