RIU 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Taenia Coli, Simple Columnar Epithelium, Ileocecal Valve

• School: GVSU
• Department: Radiation and Imaging - Ultrasound
• Course: RIU 332
• Professor: Taytana Beaves

Document Summary

Extends from the ileocecal valve to the anus. Absorbs water and eliminate the waste via feces. Is subdivided into the cecum, appendix, colon, rectum, and anal. The cecum forms a blind sac at the junction of the small and. The vermiform appendix is a blind tube off the cecum. The colon has distinct regions: ascending colon, transverse colon, large intestines. descending colon, and sigmoid colon. The anal canal, the last segment of the large intestine, opens to. The anal canal contains two sphincters to allow the movement of the exterior at the anus feces. Teniae coli: three bands of longitudinal smooth muscle in. Haustra: pocketlike sacs caused by the tone of the teniae. Epiploic appendages : fat-filled pouches of visceral its muscularis coli peritoneum. The mucosal lining of the large intestine is simple columnar epithelium with mucus-producing crypts. Three rectal valves stop feces from being passed with gas. The last segment of the large intestine.