Haustrum (anatomy)

<h2 id="clinical-significance">Clinical significance</h2>
<p>Widespread loss of haustra is a sign of chronic <a href="/facts/Ulcerative_colitis/BIkyFzRj">ulcerative colitis</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> Localized ahaustral distended colon can be seen on <a href="/facts/Abdominal_x-ray/tY2an0Gz">abdominal x-ray</a> during obstruction or <a href="/facts/Volvulus/6WKvNIPF">volvulus</a>.
</p><p><a href="/facts/Sigmoidal_volvolus/7CMs60EH">Sigmoidal volvolus</a>, more often seen in psychiatric and neurologically impaired patients (e.g. <a href="/facts/Parkinson%2527s_disease/xpekKj6x">Parkinson's disease</a>), shows lack of haustra on x-ray and points from the pelvis to the right upper quadrant just below the diaphragm.
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<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>Chen, Ji-Hong; Yang, Zixian; Yu, Yuanjie; Huizinga, Jan D. (1 February 2016). "Haustral boundary contractions in the proximal 3-taeniated rabbit colon". <i>American Journal of Physiology. Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology</i>. 310 (3): G181 – G192. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1152%2Fajpgi.00171.2015">10.1152/ajpgi.00171.2015</a>. <a href="/facts/PMID_(identifier)/JlHAvMHt">PMID</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26635318">26635318</a>. <a href="/facts/S2CID_(identifier)/ldJsHa2Y">S2CID</a> <a href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:207553178">207553178</a>.</li>
<li>Ritchie, J A (August 1968). <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1552712">"Colonic motor activity and bowel function. I. Normal movement of contents"</a>. <i>Gut</i>. 9 (4): 442–456. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1136%2Fgut.9.4.442">10.1136/gut.9.4.442</a>. <a href="/facts/PMC_(identifier)/dX1zMt71">PMC</a> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1552712">1552712</a>. <a href="/facts/PMID_(identifier)/JlHAvMHt">PMID</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5677279">5677279</a>.</li>
<li>Weinreich, J.; Möller, S. H.; Andersen, D. (November 1977). "Colonic Haustral Pattern in Relation to Pressure Activity and Presence of Diverticula". <i>Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology</i>. 12 (7): 857–864. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3109%2F00365527709181730">10.3109/00365527709181730</a>. <a href="/facts/PMID_(identifier)/JlHAvMHt">PMID</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/594654">594654</a>.</li>
<li>Huizinga, Jan D.; Pervez, Maham; Nirmalathasan, Sharjana; Chen, Ji-Hong (1 June 2021). "Characterization of haustral activity in the human colon". <i>American Journal of Physiology. Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology</i>. 320 (6): G1067 – G1080. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1152%2Fajpgi.00063.2021">10.1152/ajpgi.00063.2021</a>. <a href="/facts/PMID_(identifier)/JlHAvMHt">PMID</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33909507">33909507</a>. <a href="/facts/S2CID_(identifier)/ldJsHa2Y">S2CID</a> <a href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:233447497">233447497</a>.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Wood, Jackie D. (2004). "Haustra". Encyclopedia of Gastroenterology. pp. 270–271. doi:10.1016/B0-12-386860-2/00346-4. ISBN 978-0-12-386860-2. <a href="978-0-12-386860-2" target="_blank">978-0-12-386860-2</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Gore, R. (1992). "Colonic contour changes in chronic ulcerative colitis: Reappraisal of some old concepts". AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 158 (1): 59–61. doi:10.2214/ajr.158.1.1727359. PMID 1727359. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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