#large_intestine__largeintestine  beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces
  supertype:  #intestine__bowel__gut  the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
  part:  #cecum  #transverse_colon  #ascending_colon  #descending_colon  #sigmoid_colon  #rectum
  part of:  #alimentary_canal
  subtype:  #colon  the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
     subtype:  #megacolon  an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung's disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
     subtype:  #transverse_colon  the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon
     subtype:  #ascending_colon__ascendingcolon  the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon
     subtype:  #descending_colon  the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon
     subtype:  #sigmoid_colon__sigmoidcolon__sigmoid_flexure__sigmoidflexure  the s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum

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