This topic uses the AIM Learning Cycle to help MBBS students understand the structural organization of the large intestine, rectum and anal canal by integrating Anatomy and Clinical concepts.
1. Curriculum Coverage
Anatomy
• Gross features of cecum
• Gross features of ascending colon
• Gross features of transverse colon
• Gross features of descending colon
• Gross features of sigmoid colon
• Mesentery of large intestine
• Gross anatomy of rectum
• Gross anatomy of anal canal
• Blood supply of anal canal
• Clinical correlates of anal canal blood supply
• Boundaries of ischiorectal (anal) fossa
• Contents of ischiorectal fossa