haustrum (redirected from haustra coli)

haustrum /haus·trum/ (haws´trum) pl. haus´tra   [L.] a recess.haus´tral

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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.

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haus·trum (hôstrm)

n. pl. haus·tra (hôstr)

Any of a series of saccules or pouches, especially of the colon.

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haustral adj.

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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.