Atlas and text-book of topographic and applied anatomy . haracteristics of the colon are that its longitudinal muscular coat is arrangedinto three bands or taenia and that it has epiploic appendages containing fat. This regionis depicted in Fig. 57. [Other distinguishing features of the large intestine are: its sacculation,more fixed position,—in the case of the more movable divisions, their continuity with theparts relatively fixed,—and, as a rule, larger calibre. In addition, the large intestine is moreliable to contain hardened feces. It must not be forgotten that the longitudinal bands (ta
Atlas and text-book of topographic and applied anatomy . haracteristics of the colon are that its longitudinal muscular coat is arrangedinto three bands or taenia and that it has epiploic appendages containing fat. This regionis depicted in Fig. 57. [Other distinguishing features of the large intestine are: its sacculation,more fixed position,—in the case of the more movable divisions, their continuity with theparts relatively fixed,—and, as a rule, larger calibre. In addition, the large intestine is moreliable to contain hardened feces. It must not be forgotten that the longitudinal bands (taeniacoli) above referred to spread out on the lower part of the sigmoid so as to make a covering com-plete except for a narrow strip along either side; that is, the three narrow bands have beenreduced to two wider ones, an anterior and a posterior. In the rectum these bands practicallydisappear.—Ed.] In cutting from without inward the following structures are divided: skin, Right pulMMriifptfftnri lungRight pulmonai Ligamentum latum of. Hepatic flexure of colonDescending portion of Ascending portion ofduodenum Externa! iliac artery Right o\ary Fallopian tube External sphincter ani
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