Your intestines are the tubes in your body through which food passes when it has left your stomach. This area is always tender to the touch if the intestines are not functioning properly
One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings
the digestive tube that passes from the stomach to the anus; the small intestine (bowel) consists of the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum; the large intestine (bowel) consists of the cecum (with attached appendix), colon (ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid) and rectum
digestive organs found in the abdomen, also known as either the large or small bowel The small intestine removes nutrients from food to be used for energy, while the large intestine absorbs water from the digested food and processes it into stool