haustrum /haus·trum/ (haws´trum) pl. haus´tra [L.] a recess.haus´tral
haustrum
haustrum [haws´trum] (pl. haus´tra) (L.)
haus´tra co´li sacculations in the wall of the colon produced by adaptation of its length to the tenia coli, or by the arrangement of the circular muscle fibers.
haus·trum (hô str m)n. pl. haus·tra (hô str) Any of a series of saccules or pouches, especially of the colon. haus tral adj. |
haustrum
[hôs′trəm] pl. haustra
Etymology: L, haustor, drawer
a general term denoting a recess or sacculation, as of the colon.
haustrum [haws´trum] (pl. haus´tra) (L.)
one of the pouches of the colon, produced by adaptation of its length to the taenia coli, or by collection of circular muscle fibers 1 or 2 cm apart; the haustra are responsible for the sacculated appearance of the colon. 
Haustrum. From Dorland's, 2000.
haustrum
pl. haustra [L.] one of the pouches of the large intestine, produced by the puckering action of the tenia coli and responsible for circular muscle fibers at 0.5 to 1 inch distances, and responsible for the sacculated appearance of the large intestines of horses and pigs.
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