how do our intestines fit inside our body?

Question: how do our intestines fit inside our body?
- Keywords:
  body,
  intestines
Asked by lady to Aimee, Gemma, Hussain, Robert, Ross on 14 Nov 2015.
- Robert Lees answered on 14 Nov 2015:
  
  They’re really long (up to 7 metres!) – but they fold up, which helps them fit inside our body. The small intestine is long and thin, the large intestine is short and thicker.

Question: how do our intestines fit inside our body?