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Gaustra of a colon

Gaustra of a colon [haustra coli – PNA (The anatomic nomenclature Parisian), BNA (The anatomic nomenclature Basel), JNA (The anatomic nomenclature Yenskaya); lat. haurio, haustum – to incorporate, scoop] – circular protrusions of a wall of a colon.

 
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