loading...| Preferred Name | colon | |
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posterior intestine hindgut posterior intestine - zebrafish large bowel |
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| Definitions |
Last portion of the digestive system in most vertebrates; it extracts water and salt from solid wastes before they are eliminated from the body[WP] In mammals, the colon consists of four sections: the ascending colon, the transverse colon, the descending colon, and the sigmoid colon[WP]. In zebrafish, the posterior intestine has short longitudinally arranged epithelial folds which are similar to the colon of higher vertebrates[ZFIN]. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001155 |
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| definition |
Last portion of the digestive system in most vertebrates; it extracts water and salt from solid wastes before they are eliminated from the body[WP] In mammals, the colon consists of four sections: the ascending colon, the transverse colon, the descending colon, and the sigmoid colon[WP]. In zebrafish, the posterior intestine has short longitudinally arranged epithelial folds which are similar to the colon of higher vertebrates[ZFIN]. |
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| has_broad_synonym |
posterior intestine - zebrafish |
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| has_exact_synonym |
large bowel |
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| has_narrow_synonym |
posterior intestine |
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| has_related_synonym |
hindgut |
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colon |
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| prefixIRI |
UBERON:0001155 |
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colon |
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