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What prevents the intestines from tangling themselves like my headphone cords?

Really, I've always wondered this.
gpt
Dentist here. We concentrate on the teeth, but we do study the whole body in pretty gross detail.

The short answer to your question is that the intestines are attached to several different connective tissues, particularly mesentery and omentum. Mesentery is a very stretchy connective tissue that loosely holds the intestines in place. Omentum is a fatty connective tissue that is heavily vascularized. Together, these two tissues provide the intestines with most of the support they need to prevent tangles. Unfortunately, they are both very stretchy tissues, and some lengths of the intestine do not attach to them, leading to (luckily!) rare tangles and hernia.