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<big><center>[[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology|'''BACK TO COLON''']]</center></big>
<big><center>[[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology|'''BACK TO COLON''']]</center></big>
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|<big>'''What are the three parts of the colon?'''
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*'''''Ascending, transverse and descending'''''
||[[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology#Introduction|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''On which side of the cranial mesenteric artery does the ascending colon pass?'''
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*'''''Right in a caudal to cranial direction'''''
||[[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''On which side of the abdomen does the descending colon lie?'''
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*'''''Left, then passes more medially before entering the pelvic cavity '''''
||[[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Name the process that produces VFAs?'''
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*'''''Microbial fermentation'''''
||[[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology#Function|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Which layer of the intestinal wall is incomplete?'''
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*'''''Lamina muscularis'''''
||[[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology#Histology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Name the three parts of the ruminant ascending colon.'''
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*'''''Ansa proximalis; ansa spiralis; and ansa distalsis'''''
||[[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology#Species Differences|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What is the shape of the ansa spiralis in small ruminants?'''
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*'''''Cone'''''
||[[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology#Species Differences|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''In ruminants, what does the descending colon do before entering the pelvic cavity?'''
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*'''''It has a sigmoid flexure'''''
||[[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology#Species Differences|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''How do the ox and horse differ in their development of the ascending colon?'''
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*'''''Ox - developing ascending colon expands caudally around the root of the mesentry. Horse - developing ascending colon expands cranially around the root of the mesentry.'''''
||[[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology#Species Differences|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What shape does the pig's ascending colon have?'''
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*'''''A cone with clockwise centripetal turns and anti - clockwise centrifugal turns'''''
||[[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology#Species Differences|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''How many taenia does the pig's ascending colon have?'''
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*'''''Centripetal turns have two, centrifugal turns have none'''''
||[[Colon - Anatomy & Physiology#Species Differences|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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