What is the medical term meaning outpouching through the muscular layer of the intestine often associated with the sigmoid colon?

Answer 1

A diverticulum (plural diverticuli) is an outpunching through the muscular layer of the intestine. The condition of having diverticuli is diverticulosis, and inflammation of one or more of the outpouchings is diverticulitis.An abdominal, ventral, or inguinal hernia, in contrast, is the abnormal outpouching of the intestine or other organ through a weakness of the abdominal wall.