#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
subtype: #colon the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
part of: #alimentary_canal
part: #cecum__caecum__blind_gut the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum"
part: #vermiform_appendix__vermiformappendix__appendix__vermiform_process__vermiformproces__cecal_appendage__cecalappendage a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
part: #transverse_colon the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon
part: #ascending_colon__ascendingcolon the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon
part: #ascending_artery__ascendingartery__arteria_ascendens__arteriaascenden the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon
part: #descending_colon the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon
part: #sigmoid_colon__sigmoidcolon__sigmoid_flexure__sigmoidflexure the s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum
part: #rectum the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus
part: #rectal_artery__arteria_rectalis one of the arteries supplying the rectal area
part: #anus__arse__arsehole__asshole excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal
part: #anal_sphincter__sphincter_ani__sphincterani__musculus_sphincter_ani the sphincter muscle of the anus
part: #musculus_sphincter_ani_externus an external ring of striated muscle surrounding the anus
part: #musculus_sphincter_ani_internus an internal ring of smooth muscle formed by circular fibers of the rectum
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