Smile!
Colonoscopy is the examination of the whole length colon from the junction between the small and large intestines down to the anus. Besides the pretty sight of the waving villi in the end of the small intestines that greet the endoscopist at the completion of colonoscopy, there another structure that the endoscopist looks for….
The SMILE of the appendix’s base.
The appendix is attached to the beginning of the colon (called the caecum) and when you look at it from the inside of the colon, the base is all you see. As the picture above.
Just to give you a view of the appendix from outside the colon…
Laparoscopic view of the appendix
Oh my goodness, Bernard,long time no such pictures and suddenly they all hit me in the face after a full dinner.
tee hee.. It does look like last night’s chicken dinner prior to cooking it. Mmm..yum yum.
Looking at the title, i thought … what?
hmm… looking at first pic, i thought fried eggs or cheese or what…
Look at all those blood vessels!!
First time….first time I’m looking at your appendix picture and munching kueh sepit….wueeekkkkk….=P
Very very…..um enlightening. You took these in the OT, didn’t you? =)
Btw, I’m wondering if you’re related to Lilian Chan?
A very nice pic… A very informative website… hehe and since I am doing my GI rotation that is even better…
Judy, it’s a smiling face :-).. are you smiling back?
Annie, eeyerr.. that’s grosser than the pictures.
yenjai, it IS about a smile
jonzz, the yellow bits are solid bits of stool. Aren’t they pretty?
Chelsea, first time?
Giddy Tiger, yup the laparoscopy pictures was from OT.. the colonoscopy picture from scope room.
I’m Lilian’s brother… in Christ.
acidulous, glad you found it helpful. Enjoy your GI posting.
Coz before this never eat infront of your medical photos before mah….