taenia coli
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0012419
The taeniae coli (also teniae coli) are three separate longitudinal ribbons of smooth muscle on the outside of the ascending, transverse, descending and sigmoid colons. They are visible, and can be seen just below the serosa or fibrosa. They are the Mesocolic, Free and Omental Coli. The teniae coli contracts length wise to produce the haustra, the bulges in the colon. The bands converge at the root of the vermiform appendix and the rectum. These bands correspond to the outer layer of the muscularis externa, in other portions of the digestive tract. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taenia_coli ]
Synonyms: longitudinal band of large intestine muscularis
Term info
- FMA:15041
- SCTID:362160001
- Wikipedia:Taenia_coli
human_reference_atlas
longitudinal bands, taeniae coli, tenia coli, teniae coli
uberon
UBERON:0012419
Taenia coli
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606