{"id":142134,"key":"TissueDB/Tissues/Taenia_coli","title":"TissueDB/Tissues/Taenia coli","latest":{"id":1261306,"timestamp":"2026-08-18T00:05:09Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{TissueDB Tissue Layout\n| lead_paragraph = The '''taenia coli''' are three longitudinal bands of smooth muscle running along the outer wall of the cecum and colon. They converge at the base of the appendix, which makes them a landmark for locating the appendix during an open appendectomy. The taenia coli is a special case of [[TissueDB/Tissues/Muscle|muscle]] rather than a muscle layer: in simulation it is built as a discrete band laid along the [[TissueDB/Tissues/Bowel|cecum]], not as one of the abdominal-wall muscle sheets.\n| materials = <tr>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Materials/Mask, Surgical|Surgical Mask]] (tie portion)</td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Simulators/Open Appendectomy Simulator (Matthews)|Open Appendectomy Simulator (Matthews)]], [[TissueDB/Simulators/Appendectomy Simulator|Appendectomy Simulator]]</td>\n<td>Open Appendectomy Simulator (Matthews): tie portion of a surgical mask running from the appendix base to the glove wrist, representing the tenia coli, an anatomical landmark band of the cecum.<ref name=\"matthews2022\">Matthews J, Bhatia MB, Thomas C, Okoth P, Martinez CR, Levy JS, Stefanidis D, Hunter-Squires JL, Saruni SI (2022). \"AMPATH surgical app: Low-cost simulator for the open appendectomy.\" ''Surgery'' 172(6):1656–1664. DOI: [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2022.07.023 10.1016/j.surg.2022.07.023]. PMID: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36123174/ 36123174]. © 2022 Elsevier Inc.</ref> Appendectomy Simulator: tie strip from a mask, used as a visual and tactile landmark for cecal anatomy. Carried from the former Tenia Coli page when it was folded into this one; that page stated no source for the row.</td>\n</tr>\n| synonyms_text = Common names: Taenia coli, Tenia coli, Taeniae coli, Teniae coli, Colonic band, Longitudinal muscle bands, Colonic longitudinal muscle bands\n\nAnatomical terms: Taenia libera, Taenia mesocolica, Taenia omentalis, Longitudinal muscle band of the colon\n\nClinical terms: Taenia convergence (landmark to the appendiceal base), Anterior taenia coli\n| related_structures =\n* [[TissueDB/Tissues/Colon|Colon]]\n* [[TissueDB/Tissues/Bowel|Cecum]]\n}}\n\n{{Page data\n| keywords = taenia coli, tenia coli, cecum, colon, appendectomy, smooth muscle, TissueDB, simulation, surgical training\n| description = Tissue page for the taenia coli, the longitudinal muscle band of the cecum and colon, and the materials used to simulate it.\n| hide = yes\n}}"}