Large intestine

Question 0

What is the opening between the ileum and large intestine??

Answer 0

the ileocecal sphincter/valve

Question 1

Where does the large intestine extend from and what are its functions?

Answer 1

From the illeocecal junction to the anus and to reabsorb water, compacts the intestinal contents and stores faecal matter and absorbs vitamins

Question 2

What is the first part of the large intestine and what does it contain?

Answer 2

The cecum which is a pouch-like structure that the appendix hangs from it. It contains the illeocecal junction, a sphincter of smooth muscle

Question 3

What is the colon divided up into?

Answer 3

The ascending, transverse, descending and sigmoid colons

Question 4

Describe the muscularis layer of the large intestine?

Answer 4

Inner circular layer and outer longitudinal layer

Question 5

What does the longitudinal muscle of the large intestine produce?

Answer 5

3 bands called taenie colon which contract and gather up into pouches called haustra to permit expansion of the intestine

Question 6

What are the fat filled connective tissue pouches on the serosa called?

Answer 6

Epiploic appendages or omental appendages

Question 7

What is the mucosa made of and what types of cells does it contain?

Answer 7

Simple columnar epithelium with no plicae so forms into tubular glands called crypts which contain
1. absorptive 
2. goblet
3. granular 
which congeal the faeces together