The Cesar Chavez Mini Film Festival, a two-day event in downtown Riverside, kicks off tonight (4/1) with a free 7 p.m. screening of âThe Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Struggleâ at the Culver Center, 3834 Main Street.
Ileus is a blockage of the intestines caused by a lack of peristalsis. Peristalsis is the pumping action of the intestines that helps move food through the digestive system. Ileus is used to describe both full and partial blockages. Solids (food), liquids, and gases are not able to move properly through the body when ileus occurs. Bowel movement can stop due to a mechanical blockage as well. Mechanical means there is something physically lodged in the intestine that is causing the blockage.
Ileum is the part of the small intestine is observed in higher vertebrates including humans. The ileum is the distal part of the small intestine and is about two to four meters in length. Ileum plays a crucial part in the digestive system by aiding in the process of absorption of vitamin B12 and bile salts.