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Overview colon (Colon):
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lumen, epithelial cells
colon (rat)		 apical cytoplasm
resorbing cells (rat)		 microvilli + glykocalix
enterocyte (rat)		 base of a crypt with
many goblet cells (rat)		 goblet cells, Lamina propria
(rat)		 goblet cell (rat) secretion of a goblet cell
(rat)
detail thereof: secretion
(rat)		 base of a crypt with 2
enteroendocrine cells (rat)		 detail: enteroendocrine cell
(rat)		 Lamina propria mucosae with
connective tissue cells (rat)		 idem (rat) 2 plasma cells in the
Lamina propria mucosae (rat)
detail: plasma cell (rat)
--> furter details		 other plasma cell of the
Tela submucosa (rat)		 Schwann cell of the
Plexus submucosus (rat)
The colon (Terminologia histologica: Colon) is characterised by exclusively crypts and a large diameter. Its wall is similar to gut in general but has some specialities. The mucosa has a superficial Lamina epithelialis bordering the lumen with vast amounts of goblet cells, enterocytes and a few enteroendocrine cells at the base of the crypts. The underlying loose connective tissue layer is called Lamina propria mucosae. It shows very large aggregations of secondary lymph follicles that join each other (Folliculi lymphatici aggregati = Payer's plaques), that may reach down in further layers. A thin layer of smooth muscle cells (Lamina muscularis mucosae) is the deepest layer of the mucosa. The following Tela submucosa is a thicker layer of loose connective tissue which shows the submucous nerve plexus (Plexus submucosus; Meissner's plexus) and extends to the following Tunica muscularis. The latter has a circular layer (Stratum circulare) which is very thin in the area of haustres and a logitudinal layer (Stratum longitudinale) which is only evident in the region of taenia. In between these two smooth muscle cell layers the Plexus myentericus (Auerbach-Plexus, a further autonomous nerve plexus of the gut) is encountered. The outermost layer Tunica serosa is a small loose connective tissue layer (Tela subserosa) covered with the monolayered squamous epithelium of the peritoneum only in areas where the colon lies intraperitoneally (e.g., transverse and sigmoid portion). In other (retroperitoneal) regions an adventitia formed by connective tissue anchors the colon to neighbouring structures.

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