a small sac-like niche protruding from a tubular structure eg the colon.
a blind pouch or structure, as a lobe of the digestive gland.
A pouch extending from a hollow organ.
A sac or pouch in the wall of the colon or other organ.
more generally, a sac-like enlargement of any tubular or hollow organ. Generally refers to a pouch in the wall of the alimentary tract caused by pressure on a weak point.
A circumscribed pouch or sac of variable size.
sac or pouch in the wall of a canal or organ, especially in the colon
Small pouch-like projection in the wall of the intestine; may become infected, causing diverticulitis.
(Latin = by-road) blind tubular process, also used to describe a sac or pouch in organ or seen in the colon.
A pathological condition manifested as a pouch or sac opening from a tubular or sacular organ.
A single pouch that protrudes out of the normally smooth wall of the colon.
a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
a douch or sac in the walls of a canal or an organ
a herniation of the bowel mucosa through the muscular wall
an extension of a hollow organ, usually shaped like a pouch with a narrow opening
an outpouching of the entire wall of a tubular organ
an outpouching that protrudes from the wall of a viscus
an outpouching through a weakened area in the wall of the bowel
a pea-sized pouch that forms on the outer surface of the colon
a pea to grape sized protrusion of the colon lining through the colon's muscular believed to come from our highly refined diet
a pouch or sac that bulges out from the lining of the wall of the intestine
a pouch or sac that forms in a weakened area of the bowel wall
a pouch or sac that is created by herniation of a muscle wall
a protrusion of the inner lining of the intestine through the outer muscular coat to form a small pouch with a narrow neck
a saccular protrusion both is simple increased dietary fiber
a sac-like bulge in the wall of the colon, the section of the large intestine that extends from the small intestine to the rectum
a sac-like protrusion that sometimes forms
a sac or pouch arising from a tubular organ, such as the esophagus
a single, saclike pouch or protrusion of a mucous membrane through the colon wall
a small pocket (invagination) occurring along the surface of the bowel
a small pouch in the wall of the bladder that usually causes hematuria and dysuria secondary to the chronic bacterial infection that occurs
a small pouch with a narrow neck that protrudes (sticks out from) from the wall of the gut
a small pouch with a narrow neck that protudes from the wall of the intestine (gut)
An abnormal pouch or sac in an internal organ or structure.
a pocket or pouch leading off a main cavity or tube.
A small bulging sac pushing outward from the colon wall is a diverticulum. As a person ages, pressure within the large intestine (colon) causes pockets of tissue (sacs) that push out from the colon walls. The plural is diverticula. Diverticula can occur throughout the colon but are most common near the end of the left side of the colon, the sigmoid colon.
A little sac that forms on the wall of a hollow organ, usually the colon. The plural form is diverticula.
a small pouch in the wall of the large intestine, which usually do not cause a problem unless it becomes irritated or infected.
small outpouching of the lining of various tubular structures in the body
A pouch or sac in the lining of the mucous membrane of an organ.
A pouch or sac opening from a tubular or saccular organ, such as the gut or bladder.
A pouch or a pocket-like opening in the bowel wall, usually in the colon. You might think of it as a "bubble" through a weak point in the bowel wall.
small pouch in the colon. These pouches are not painful or harmful unless they become infected or irritated.
A diverticulum (plural: diverticula) is medical term for an outpouching of a hollow (or a fluid filled) structure in the body. Its use implies that the structure is not normally present, although embryologically, some normal structures begin development as a diverticulum arising off of another structure (for example, the lungs begin as a diverticulum forming off of the ventral foregut).
