Epiploic appendix
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Epiploic appendix
Iliac colon, sigmoid or pelvic colon, and rectum seen from the front, after removal of pubic bones and bladder. (Lumps of fat visible at right.)
Female pelvis and its contents, seen from above and in front. (Lumps of fat visible at right.)
Latin appendices epiploicae
Gray's subject #246 1158
Dorlands/Elsevier a_54/12147682
The epiploic appendices (or epiploic appendages , omental appendicesperitoneum filled with fat and situated along the colon and upper part of the rectum . They are chiefly appended to the transverse and sigmoid parts of the colon.
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Anatomy of torso , digestive system : Gastrointestinal tract
Upper GI: to stomach
Mouth • Pharynx (nasopharynx , oropharynx , hypopharynx ) • Esophagus • Crop
Upper GI: stomach
rugae - gastric pits - cardia /gland - fundus /gland - pylorus /gland - pyloric antrum - pyloric canal - greater curvature - lesser curvature - angular incisure
Lower GI: intestines
Small intestine : Duodenum (Suspensory muscle , Major duodenal papilla , Minor duodenal papilla ) • Duodenojejunal flexure • Jejunum • Ileum • continuous (intestinal villus , crypts of Lieberkühn , circular folds )
Junction: Vermiform appendix • Ileocecal valve
Large intestine : Cecum • Colon (ascending colon , hepatic flexure , transverse colon , splenic flexure , descending colon , sigmoid colon ) • continuous (taenia coli , haustra , epiploic appendix )
Lower GI: termination
Rectum : Houston valve • rectal ampulla • pectinate line
Anal canal : anal valves • anal sinuses • anal columns • Hilton's white line
Anus : Sphincter ani internus muscle • Sphincter ani externus muscle
Lower GI: lymph
GALT : Peyer's patches (M cells )
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