Preferred Name | colon | |
Synonyms |
posterior intestine hindgut large bowel |
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Definitions |
A portion of the large intestine before it becomes the rectum. In mammals, the colon is the most part of the large intestine, excluding the vermiform appendix, the rectum and the anal canal. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001155 |
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contributes to morphology of | ||
database_cross_reference |
MESH:D003106 UMLS:C0009368 CALOHA:TS-0158 SCTID:302508007 XAO:0000243 galen:Colon Wikipedia:Colon_(anatomy) BTO:0000269 VHOG:0000648 AAO:0010400 NCIT:C12382 TAO:0000706 MAT:0000526 EMAPA:18939 EFO:0000361 ZFA:0000706 MAP:0000001 EV:0100079 FMA:14543 GAID:309 MA:0000335 |
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definition |
A portion of the large intestine before it becomes the rectum. In mammals, the colon is the most part of the large intestine, excluding the vermiform appendix, the rectum and the anal canal. |
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editor note |
TODO - abstract this such that it legitimately covers all vertebrates Some references do not consider the caecum to be part of the colon. |
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has_exact_synonym |
large bowel |
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has_narrow_synonym |
posterior intestine |
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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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has_related_synonym |
hindgut |
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id |
UBERON:0001155 |
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in taxon | ||
in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core |
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label |
colon |
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notation |
UBERON:0001155 |
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overlaps | ||
part_of | ||
prefLabel |
colon |
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treeView | ||
subClassOf |