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Digestive System > Gastrointestinal Tract > Lower Gastrointestinal Tract > Intestine, Large > Anal Canal
Digestive System > Gastrointestinal Tract > Intestines > Intestine, Large > Anal Canal

Preferred term

Anal Canal  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Anal Gland, Human
  • Anal Sphincter
  • Anal Sphincter, External
  • Anal Sphincter, Internal
  • Anal Sphincters
  • Anus
  • External Anal Sphincter
  • External Anal Sphincters
  • Human Anal Gland
  • Human Anal Glands
  • Internal Anal Sphincter
  • Internal Anal Sphincters
  • Sphincter, Anal
  • Sphincter, External Anal
  • Sphincter, Internal Anal
  • Sphincters, Anal

Note

  • inflammation = PROCTITIS; do not confuse entry term ANAL GLAND with ANAL GLANDS, ANIMAL see ANAL SACS; /abnorm: consider also ANORECTAL MALFORMATIONS

Scope note

  • The terminal segment of the LARGE INTESTINE, beginning from the ampulla of the RECTUM and ending at the anus.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001003

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