loading...| Preferred Name | colon | |
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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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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001155 |
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| altLabel |
posterior intestine hindgut large bowel |
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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 |
Some references do not consider the caecum to be part of the colon. TODO - abstract this such that it legitimately covers all vertebrates |
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| external_definition |
The last portion of the digestive system, it extracts water and salt from solid wastes before they are eliminated from the body.[AAO] The posterior intestine has short longitudinally arranged epithelial folds which are similar to the colon of higher vertebrates. Wallace et al, 2005.[TAO] |
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| function_notes |
it extracts water and salt from solid wastes before they are eliminated from the body[WP] |
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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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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_relational_adjective |
colonic |
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| homology_notes |
Although all vertebrates have a digestive tract and accessory glands, various parts of this system are not necessarily homologous, analogous, or even present in all species. Therefore, broad comparisons can be best made under the listings of headgut, foregut, midgut, pancreas and biliary system, hindgut.[uncertain][VHOG] |
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UBERON:0001155 |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core |
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colon |
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| notation |
UBERON:0001155 |
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| prefLabel |
colon |
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| taxon_notes |
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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AAO:0010400 TAO:0000706 CALOHA:TS-0158 galen:Colon EV:0100079 ZFA:0000706 FMA:14543 MAT:0000526 MAP:0000001 MESH:D003106 Wikipedia:Colon_(anatomy) EMAPA:18939 SCTID:302508007 GAID:309 VHOG:0000648 XAO:0000243 MA:0000335 BTO:0000269 UMLS:C0009368 NCIT:C12382 EFO:0000361 |
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