This video shows a part of a colonoscopy, with normal anatomy: it
starts in the terminal ileum, where the circular folds and the
intestinal villi can be seen and are clearly indicated. Then the scope
is gradually retracted, passing the ileocaecal junction to arrive in the
caecum. In the ascending colon the semilunar folds can be seen and are
indicated, one can also see the absence of villi here. The clear
endoscope imagery with high magnification in a life person, allows to
see the individual villi and the difference between the circular and the
semilunar folds in a way that is impossible to attain in an anatomical
dissection lab. The video is created by A.M.J. Langers, MD, PhD,
gastroenterologist, dept. of Gastroenterology, and edited by A.L.
Schoenmakers, MD, dept. of Anatomy and Embryology, both at Leiden
University Medical Center, the Netherlands.