- Â Â Â muscular coat of colon
- tunica muscularis coli.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
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circular layer of muscular coat of colon — stratum circulare tunicae muscularis coli … Medical dictionary
longitudinal layer of muscular coat of colon — stratum longitudinale tunicae muscularis coli … Medical dictionary
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stratum circulare tunicae muscularis coli — [TA] circular layer of muscular coat of colon: the inner layer of circularly coursing fibers in the muscular coat (tunica muscularis) of the colon … Medical dictionary
stratum longitudinale tunicae muscularis coli — [TA] longitudinal layer of muscular coat of colon: the outer layer of the muscular coat (tunica muscularis) of the colon, consisting of longitudinally coursing fibers; it is thick in the regions of the three teniae coli and very thin between them … Medical dictionary
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