Lower gastrointestinal tract (large print)
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- Synopsis
- This image shows a cross section through the abdomen shown from the front. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The abdomen and lower chest area are shown. Only parts of the arms and legs are shown. In the top centre of the page the duodenum (small intestine) starts at the pyloric sphincter where it would join the stomach, which is not shown. It curves down left then curves up behind the transverse colon (and the stomach if it were shown) before coming sharply down into the lower abdomen. In the centre of the image the small intestine wiggles down the page, then right, then down and left. In reality there are many more curves and layers of small intestine (it is over five metres long). In the bottom left of the abdomen the small bowel joins the large bowel. Just below this junction is the very small appendix. The ascending colon goes up the page from here, and half way up the abdomen it turns right at ninety degrees. This is now the transverse colon which goes horizontally across to the other side of the abdomen. Here it turns right at ninety degrees again and goes down the page as the descending colon. It curves to the left as the sigmoid colon and then straightens vertically forming the rectum ending in the anus.
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Publisher:
- RNIB
- Date of Addition:
- 05/23/17
- Copyrighted By:
- RNIB
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Medicine
- Submitted By:
- Caroline Walker
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.