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Large Intestine & Inferior Mesenteric Artery
Objectives
• Discuss anatomical structure of large intestine.
• Enlist the characteristic features of large intestine.
• What are the different positions of the Appendix.
• Describe the blood supply of the large intestine.
• The large bowel may vary considerably in length in different subjects;the average is approximately 5 feet (1.5 m).
• The large intestine is subdivided, for descriptive purposes, into:
• Caecum with the Appendix vermiform• Colon ascending colon hepatic flexure transverse colon splenic flexure descending colon sigmoid colon• Rectum & Anal canal .
Large Intestine
• The general characteristics of most of the large intestine are:
• Its large internal diameter compared to that of the small intestine;
• the appendices epiploicae (omental appendices) are fat-filled peritoneal tags
• The taeniae coli: three thickened bands of muscles• the haustra of colon are sacculations of the colon
between the taeniae
• No taeniae in the appendix or rectum.• The colon (but not the appendix, caecum or
rectum), bears characteristic fat-filled peritoneal tags called appendices epiploicae scattered over its surface.
• These are especially numerous in the sigmoid colon.
• The transverse colon and sigmoid are completely peritonealized (the former being readily identified by its attachment to the greater omentum).
• The ascending and descending colon have no mesocolon but adhere directly to the posterior abdominal wall . • The caecum is usually completely
peritonealized, • The appendix has its own mesocolon.
Features of large intestine:
Taeniae Coli: Three thickened bands of musclesNo taeniae in the appendix or rectumHaustra: Sacculations of the colon between the taeniaeOmental Appendices:Small fatty projections of the omentumCaliber:The internal diameter is much bigger than small intestine
Cecum and Appendix
IleocecalJunction
Taenia Coli
Sacculations=Haustra
• The cecum is that part of the large intestine that lies below the level of the junction of the ileum with the large intestine . It is a blind-ended pouch that is situated in the right iliac fossa. It is about 2.5 in. (6 cm) long and is completely covered with peritoneum.
• The appendix is attached to the posteromedial wall of the cecum, just inferior to the end of the ileum
• The appendix is suspended from the terminal ileum by the mesoappendix, which contains the appendicular vessels .
• Its point of attachment to the cecum, the base of the appendix, is consistent with the highly visible free taenia leading directly to it.
• But the location of the rest of the appendix varies considerably .
• The appendix is at the junction of the lateral and middle one-thirds of a line from the anterior superior iliac spine to the umbilicus (McBurney's point).
Variations in position Vermiform Appendix
64%
Variations in position Vermiform Appendix
Inferior mesenteric artery
Branches: 1. Left colic artery 2. Several sigmoid arteries 3. Superior rectal artery
• The inferior mesenteric artery and arises anterior to the body of vertebra L3. Its branches include the • left colic artery, • several sigmoid arteries, • superior rectal artery. • The veins drain into the inferior
mesenteric vein