Rectum [rektum]

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Definition

The distal segment of the LARGE INTESTINE, between the SIGMOID COLON and the ANAL CANAL.

Annotation
/surg: do not confuse with the specialty COLORECTAL SURGERY; rectal bleeding: RECTUM + HEMORRHAGE, GASTROINTESTINAL for bleeding through the rectum; hemorrhaging rectum is RECTAL DISEASES + HEMORRHAGE, GASTROINTESTINAL; inflammation = PROCTITIS; /abnorm: consider also ANORECTAL MALFORMATIONS
DUI
D012007 MeSH Browser
CUI
M0018661
Consider also
consider also terms at PROCT-

A Anatomy
A03.556.124 Intestines 937
A03.556.124.526 Intestine, Large 501
A03.556.124.526.070 Anal Canal 264
A03.556.124.526.209 Cecum 122
A03.556.124.526.356 Colon 460
A03.556.124.526.767 Rectum 454
A03.556.249.249 Intestine, Large 501
A03.556.249.249.070 Anal Canal 264
A03.556.249.249.209 Cecum 122
A03.556.249.249.356 Colon 460
A03.556.249.249.767 Rectum 454