The distal segment of the LARGE INTESTINE, between the SIGMOID COLON and the ANAL CANAL.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D012007
altLabel
Rectums
AN
/surg: do not confuse with the specialty COLORECTAL SURGERY; rectal bleeding: RECTUM + HEMORRHAGE, GASTROINTESTINAL for bleeding through the rectum; hemorrhaging rectum is RECTAL DISEASES + HEMORRHAGE, GASTROINTESTINAL; inflammation = PROCTITIS; /abnorm: consider also ANORECTAL MALFORMATIONS
AQL
AB AH BS CH CY DE DG EM EN GD IM IN IR ME MI PA PH PP PS RE SU TR UL VI
cui
C0034896
CX
consider also terms at PROCT-
DC
1
definition
The distal segment of the LARGE INTESTINE, between the SIGMOID COLON and the ANAL CANAL.