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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://orcid.org/0000-0002-2825-0621 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colon_(anatomy) http://zfin.org/curator http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
Label
colon
Synonyms
- large bowel
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
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.
external definition
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]
has narrow synonym
posterior intestine
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
hindgut
has relational adjective
colonic
homology notes
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]
id
UBERON:0001155
taxon notes
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]