* 2 colon
2.1 ascending colon
2.1.1 right coloic flexure (hepatic flexure)
2.1.2 12.5 cm long
2.1.3 extends from caecum to inferior surface of right lobe of
liver
2.2 descending colon
2.2.1 25 cm long
2.2.2 left colic flx to sigmoid colon
2.2.3 runs vertically
up
to iliac crest
2.3 transverse colon
2.3.1 left colic flexure (splenic flexure )
2.3.2 50 cm long
2.3.3 suspended by transverse mesocolon
2.3.4 anteriorly related to greater omentum and anterior abd wall
2.3.5 posteriorly to 2nd part of
duodenum
2.4 sigmoid colon( pelvic colon)
2.4.1 37.5 cm long
2.4.2 extends from pelvic brim to 3rd piece of sacrum
3 relevant features
3.1 wider in calibre
3.2 longitudinal
muscle
coat forms a thin layer ( पतली परत बनाते हैं )
3.2.1 3 ribbon like bands called taenia coli (
taenia libera (
placed anteriorly ( अग्र परत )
ascending colon
caecum
sigmoid colon
descending colon
inferiorly
transverse colon
taenia mesocolica
present on posteromedial surface
ascending colon
caecum
sigmoid colon
descending colon
posteriorly
transverse colon
taenia omentalis
posterolaterally
ascending colon
caecum
sigmoid colon
descending colon
anteroposterior
transverse colon
3.2.2 since taenia is shorter colon is puckered and sacculated
3.3 appendices epiploicae
3.3.1 small bags of peritoneum
3.3.2
3.4 blood supply of colon
3.4.1 marginal artery of drummond
3.4.2 terminal branches of marginal artery
vasa
longa
vasa
brevia
3.5 lymph nodes
3.5.1 epicolic lymph nodes
3.5.2 paracolic lymph nodes
3.5.3 intermediate nodes
3.6 epithelium is absorptive (coloumnar ) but villi are absent
5 histology of colon
5.1 mucous membrane
5.1.1 invaginations called crypts of leiberkuhn
5.2 submucosa
5.2.1 meissners plexus
5.2.2 solitary lymphoid follicles
5.3 muscularis externa
5.3.1 outer longitudinal coat thickened to form
taenia coli
5.3.2 inner coat is circular fibres
5.3.3 outermost layer is serous layer