terminal part of digestive tract
The distalmost portion of the digestive tract, derived from the hindgut, and terminating with the anus. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
database cross reference
- FBbt:00005756
- WBbt:0005773
curator note
this class is the superclass of 'rectum', which is currently reserved for the vertebrate structure. May be merged in future.
has related synonym
rectal part of digestive tract, terminal section of digestive tract
has narrow synonym
rectum
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0006866