Colon Wall Diagram. A diagram and d ultrasound image. The inner pink layer is the mucosa the yellow layer beneath the mucosa is called the submucosa while the red layer is the muscular layer muscularis and the 4 th layer is called the serosa or adventitia.
The large intestine of the horse is well developed and can be distinguished from that of other domestic mammals by the large. The rectum is a hollow muscular tube about 8 inches 20 cm in length and 25 inches in diameter at its widest point. It extracts water and salt from solid wastes before they are eliminated from the body and is the site in which the fermentation of unabsorbed material by the gut microbiota occurs.
Muscles in the abdominal wall contract which increases pressure in the rectum and helps to push stool down.
Transverse colon the second section goes across the abdomen from your right to your left side. B diagram and e ultrasound image. It surrounds the lumen of the tract and comes into direct contact with digested food. In order for this to happen several muscles need to work in a coordinated way.