Normal bowel wall
Normal bowel wall(or wall thickness) [1]
Esophagus
- length: 23 to 25 cm in the average adult.
- The wall of the distended esophagus is 3 mm in thickness
stomach
- a wall thickness of up to 5 mm is considered normal.
- The normal thickness of the muscle of the adult pyloric canal ranges from 3 to 8 mm with an average of 4 mm.
Gallbladder
- normally 3 mm or less
Small bowel
- The normal small bowel wall measures between 1 and 2 mm when the lumen is well distended with a positive, neutral, or air contrast medium.
- When collapsed, the normal mural thickness of the small bowel measures between 2 and 3 mm.
bladder
- >3 mm when distended
- >5 mm when nondistended