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Docs, could a human survive without the ileum?
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Many do!: The function of the ileum is mainly to absorb vitamin B12 & bile salts as well as whatever products of digestion were not absorbed by the jejunum. Some of the function of a missing or shortened ileum can be accommodated, & some supplemented.
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