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colon

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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. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colon_(anatomy) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2825-0621 http://zfin.org/cgi-bin/ZFIN_jump?record=curator ]

Synonyms: large bowel

Term info

database cross reference
  • EV:0100079
  • MESH:D003106
  • ZFA:0000706
  • TAO:0000706
  • EFO:0000361
  • MAT:0000526
  • galen:Colon
  • AAO:0010400
  • NCIT:C12382
  • BTO:0000269
  • SCTID:302508007
  • MAP:0000001
  • Wikipedia:Colon_(anatomy)
  • VHOG:0000648
  • CALOHA:TS-0158
  • MA:0000335
  • UMLS:C0009368 (ncithesaurus:Colon)
  • EMAPA:18939
  • GAID:309
  • XAO:0000243
  • FMA:14543
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

UBPROP 0000001

The posterior intestine has short longitudinally arranged epithelial folds which are similar to the colon of higher vertebrates. Wallace et al, 2005.[TAO], The last portion of the digestive system, it extracts water and salt from solid wastes before they are eliminated from the body.[AAO]

UBPROP 0000003

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]

UBPROP 0000007

colonic

UBPROP 0000008

In zebrafish, the posterior intestine has short longitudinally arranged epithelial folds which are similar to the colon of higher vertebrates[ZFIN], In mammals, the colon consists of four sections: the ascending colon, the transverse colon, the descending colon, and the sigmoid colon[WP]

UBPROP 0000009

it extracts water and salt from solid wastes before they are eliminated from the body[WP]

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.

has narrow synonym

posterior intestine

id

UBERON:0001155

prefLabel

Colon