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The transverse folds of rectum (or Houston's valves or the valves of Houston) are semi-lunar transverse folds of the rectal wall that protrude into the...

The rectum (pl.: rectums or recta) is the final straight portion of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals, and the gut in others. The adult...

ascending the abdomen, across the width of the abdominal cavity as the transverse colon, and then descending to the rectum and its endpoint at the anal canal...

mucosal fold refers to a fold in any mucous membrane in the body. This may refer to: Gastric fold of the gastric mucosa Transverse folds of rectum in the...

aspect of the transverse mesocolon. The left colon is associated with a similar anatomic configuration of peritoneal folds; the splenic peritoneal fold is...

2: Transverse colon 3: Descending colon 4: Sigmoid colon 5: Rectum Inner diameters of different sections of the large intestine, with transverse colon...

intestine is subdivided into the cecum, ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid colon, rectum, and anal canal. The small intestine begins at the...

from colon 2 the descending and sigmoid colons and the rectum. Second stage of development of the intestinal canal and peritoneum, seen from in front...

longitudinal ribbons (taeniae meaning ribbon in Latin) of smooth muscle on the outside of the ascending, transverse, descending and sigmoid colons. They are visible...

extraperitoneal pelvis through openings of the fallopian tubes, the uterus, and the vagina. Peritoneal folds are omentums, mesenteries and ligaments;...

columnar epithelium features longitudinal folds or elevations of tunica mucosa which are joined inferiorly by folds of mucous membrane known as anal valves...

lumen of the small intestine. The entire small intestine has circular folds of mucous membrane. The majority extend transversely around the cylinder of the...

external opening of the rectum located inside the intergluteal cleft. Two sphincters control the exit of feces from the body during an act of defecation, which...

the blood supply of the gut is cut off completely. 1: Ascending colon 2: Transverse colon 3: Descending colon 4: Sigmoid colon 5: Rectum Iliac colon, sigmoid...

regions of the digestive tract derived from the hindgut, which includes the distal 1/3 of the transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, and...

during digestion. Gastric folds may be seen during esophagogastroduodenoscopy or in radiological studies. The gastric folds consist of two layers: Mucosal layer...

are much smaller than any of the circular folds in the intestine. Villi increase the internal surface area of the intestinal walls making available a greater...

dissection, the colon could be traced from the rectum, to the sigmoid colon, through the descending, transverse, and ascending sections. The cecum is an end...

the upper rectum (Sudeck's point). Intestines Double contrast barium enema - Using positive and negative contrast Jones, Jeremy. "Transverse colon | Radiology...

by an aggregation of the smooth (involuntary) circular muscle fibers of the rectum. it terminates distally about 6 mm from the anal orifice.[citation needed]...