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Large intestine: illustration - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

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intestine • Normal barium enema - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

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intestine • Lymphatics of the colon (Gray's illustration) - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

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intestine • Epiploic appendage: illustration - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

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The large intestine (also known as the colon or large bowel) is a 1.5 meter muscular tube that extends from the cecum to the rectum. It has three outer longitudinal muscular layers called taenia coli, which are about 30 cm shorter than the length of the large bowel causing characteristic sacculations interrupted by incomplete rings called haustra . The large bowel is divided into the following parts: