Obstruction typically occurs from strictures or adhesions which narrow the lumen, blocking the passage of the intestinal contents.

There is a risk of puncturing an organ, which could cause leakage of intestinal contents, or bleeding into the abdominal cavity.

While relatively uncommon, E. coli O157:H7 can naturally be found in the intestinal contents of some cattle.

As the pouch fills with intestinal contents (liquids, partly digested food, etc.), pressure builds up on the pouch and its many stitches.

Parasitologists recommend repeated stool examinations or analysis of a sample of the intestinal contents.

On starch-poor diets, they also provide the predominant source of glucose absorbed from the small intestinal contents.

In the prepatent period, larvae will be found in the intestinal contents and in scrapings of the mucosa.

Tissues and intestinal contents have been examined microscopically, as have the items found with the body.

Through intestinal muscles, the motor neurons control peristalsis and churning of intestinal contents.

Contamination of water supplies by unburied bodies, burial sites, or temporary storage sites may result in the spread of gastroenteritis from normal intestinal contents.