[Age morphometric characteristics of the human ileocecal valve].
Abstract
The study was performed using 92 preparations of human ileocelal valve, taken from the corpses of men who in their lifetime did not suffer from diseases of digestive or immune systems. Diameters of ileum and cecum adjacent to the ileocelal valve were measured. The length and width of valve fraenula and lips were determined. The results of these measurements were compared among themselves and in age aspect and the regularities of velve development and growth in the course of postnatal ontogenesis were established. The features of changes in parameters of ileocelal valve structures characteristic to each age were detected. It was noted that the dimensions of frenula of the ileocelal valve increase with the increase of the diameter of cecal diameter, while the dimensions of valvular lips are increased with the increase of ileal diameter.