Mayazoey
Joined 31 July 2007
Large intestine and Caecum
Basic Anatomy and Physiology
brief description (include water absorption) [picture/diagram]
Cell types
Defense Mechanisms
Secretions
Epithelium
Commensal flora
Movement
Cell-mediated and humoural defences
Comparative
carnivores, ruminants,horse, swine, rabbits [pictures]
Pathology of the Large Intestine
Developmental Anomalies
Segmental
describe plus stenosis vs complete (atresia)
Atresia ani
Atresia coli
Megacolon
Physical Disturbances
Obstruction
describe pathogenesis of can be intraluminal, intramural or extrinsinc (expand on these) include talk about strictures?
Mechanical
Enteroliths [picture]
Foreign Bodies
Impaction
Extrinsic
Neoplasia, Adhesions, Prostate enlargement
Functional
Megacolon
Dysautonomia
Grass sickness in horses, Feline
Displacement
Hernias
Internal
External
Volvulus and Torsion
Ruminants
caecal dilatation and torsion
Equine
right and left dorsal displacement colonic torsion and volvulus
Intussusception
Renosplenic entrapment
Vascular Disturbances
pathogenesis
Venous congestion
Arterial thromboembolism
Lymphangiectasia
Inflammation
pathogenesis
- enteritis
- typhlitis
- colitis
- proctitis