What are the three ribbonlike strips of muscularis externa in the colon called?

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What are the three ribbonlike strips of muscularis externa in the colon called?

2007-12-04 17:30:38 · 2 answers · asked by chisoxfan1998 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine

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You got it right! It is called Teniae coli (also spelled as Taenia coli).

They are the three separate longitudinal ribbonlike strips of smooth muscle on outer layer of the muscularis externa of the colon which converge at the vermiform appendix.

2007-12-04 18:14:40 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Taenia Coli

2007-12-04 17:47:27 · answer #2 · answered by John 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋