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| Taenia coli |
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| Iliac colon, sigmoid or pelvic colon, and rectum seen from the front, after removal of pubic bones and bladder. (Taenia coli not labeled, but visible at center.) |
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| Female pelvis and its contents, seen from above and in front. (Taenia coli not labeled, but visible at right.) |
| Latin |
taeniae coli |
| Gray's |
subject #249 1186 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier |
t_01/12789456 |
The taeniae coli are three separate longitudinal ribbons of smooth muscle on the outside of the ascending, transverse, descending and sigmoid colons. They are visible, and can be seen just below the serosa or fibrosa. They are the Mesocolic, Free and Omental Coli.
The bands converge at the vermiform appendix.
These bands correspond to the outer layer of the muscularis externa, in other portions of the digestive tract.
Large bowel (sigmoid colon) with multiple diverticula. These appear on either side of the longitudinal muscle bundle (taenium).
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Anatomy of torso, digestive system: Gastrointestinal tract |
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| Upper GI: to stomach |
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| Upper GI: stomach |
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| Lower GI: intestines |
Small intestine: Duodenum ( Suspensory muscle, Major duodenal papilla, Minor duodenal papilla) • Duodenojejunal flexure • Jejunum • Ileum • continuous ( intestinal villus, crypts of Lieberkühn, circular folds)
Junction: Vermiform appendix • Ileocecal valve
Large intestine: Cecum • Colon ( ascending colon, hepatic flexure, transverse colon, splenic flexure, descending colon, sigmoid colon) • continuous ( taenia coli, haustra, epiploic appendix)
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| Lower GI: termination |
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| Lower GI: lymph |
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