Chapter 275 - Spring rain (2/2)
The small intestine was incredibly long, so it was winding and constantly twisting inside your body until it ended at the bottom of the right side of your abdomen. That was where it would connect to the ascending colon portion of the large intestine. This was also where the appendix was located.
The large intestine could only go upwards from here as it had to start in the lowest portion of the abdomen. It would crawl up to the liver, but then it would turn around and start going horizontally because of being blocked by the peritoneum. The large intestine would then extend all the way across the abdomen, reaching the left side, then descending and reaching the rectum and anus.
When looking at a patient’s body from above, you would first see the large and thick large intestine before seeing the small and slender small intestine! Food would contain a large amount of water at the time that it was transferred from the stomach to the small intestine. Since the small intestine had far too much work in absorbing a large amount of nutrition and some of the water, it wasn’t able to become thick. The nutrition would then go to the liver through blood, while the water would go to the kidney, also through blood.
At this time, the remaining food particles which had their nutrition absorbed would still seem like a pasty rice porridge. This paste would then slowly go around the large intestine, which had the job of absorbing as much water from this paste as possible. Since the large intestine did less work, it was much fatter all around. The large intestine would always be surrounded by a thick layer of fat as if it was wearing a yellow jacket. This was an easy way to identify what was the large intestine and what was the small intestine.
The absorbed water would also enter blood through the large intestine. This contaminated blood would then be returned to the liver and kidney for filtration. This was a basic explanation of the digestion process. Food would slowly dry up from its paste form in the large intestine before finally forming feces by the time it reached the sigmoid colon.
Since the large intestine needed to absorb a large amount of water, the large intestine was actually just like a half-porous membrane which was really thin. The truly thick portion was the rectum, which was responsible for ejecting feces from the body, which meant that much muscle power would be required. It would be impossible to eject the feces without sufficient muscle strength. If you didn’t have your sphincter muscles, you would have to remove feces from the rectum with your hands!
By the way, people from Shaanxi really loved to eat pig intestines. They even had a special dish of pig intestines with lots of oil and fat! Although they felt that it tasted delicious, it really wouldn’t smell good at all. No matter how much garlic or onions was used in this dish, it would always have a fecal smell to it!
When Zhang Fan finished washing his hands and went to the operating room, causing its electric door to slowly open, Director Zhao almost burst into tears of happiness when he saw Zhang Fan arrive.
This was simply how Director Zhao was now. In the past, before Zhang Fan arrived at Chasu City Hospital, Director Zhao had accomplished countless highly difficult surgeries. But now, as long as the surgery was difficult, he would first think of Zhang Fan! He was beginning to rely on Zhang Fan! It was as if Zhang Fan was a spring rain that slowly but surely nourished and influenced Chasu City Hospital’s surgical departments.
Maybe it was because Director Zhao was getting older, or maybe it was because Zhang Fan was far too skilled, or maybe it was because Director Zhao was less daring as he got older. Regardless, Director Zhao was just like a young child who saw his mother! He expressed abundant emotions, including being aggrieved, reassured, and released!
Director Zhao didn’t even realize how much he was relying on Zhang Fan now. With such a state of mind, Director Zhao had now reached the peak of his surgical skill level. It would be extremely difficult for him to make any progress from now on! Perhaps this was Zhang Fan’s fault!
“Is the damage severe?” Zhang Fan asked as he entered the operating room, where the anesthesiologist and operating room nurse both hurriedly helped Zhang Fan to put on his surgical attire. He had such an aura about him! Zhang Fan seemed just like a hero coming to the rescue! Zhang Fan’s arrival made the depressing atmosphere in this operating room suddenly come alive! The other doctors and nurses’ eyes all became lively again.
Before Zhang Fan arrived, Director Zhao had been constantly sighing, his surgical assistants had been extra cautious, and the anesthesiologist had been extremely worried. The atmosphere had been incredibly heavy. This was also why nurses and anesthesiologists typically didn’t like being partnered with young doctors.
Not only were young doctors slower, they were also more prone to making mistakes which resulted in medical incidents. If a medical incident occurred, everyone present in the operating room would have to take responsibility!
“We managed to clean away all the tree branches, but the damage is really severe. So many blood vessels have been completely cut. There really is no helping it. A large portion of her intestines have also been ruined. I don’t even dare to fix things, since not doing it well will result in the intestine’s death or obstruction!” Director Zhao explained the current situation to Zhang Fan while the latter was putting on the surgical attire.
Meanwhile outside the operating room, Old Yang’s contractor boss had also arrived in the emergency department. He really regretted getting into the contracted street sweeping business. 11 people had died, while two people had been seriously injured. Such a major accident would be extremely rare, occurring only once every several years or more. Yet, this contractor boss had just happened to get involved. His uncle was a section chief at the Bureau of Sanitation. The similarly cowardly uncle had fainted in fear after hearing about this accident!