A subdivision of the digestive tract that connects the small intestine to the cloaca or anus. Lacks or has few villi[Kardong]. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0073040584 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_intestine_(anatomy) ]
Term information
- galen:LargeIntestine
- FMA:7201
- UMLS:C0021851 (ncithesaurus:Large_Intestine)
- EV:0100077
- XAO:0000131
- MA:0000333
- CALOHA:TS-1306
- EMAPA:19252
- Wikipedia:Large_intestine_(anatomy)
- EFO:0000840
- MIAA:0000046
- MESH:D007420
- AAO:0010396
- NCIT:C12379
- BTO:0000706
- GAID:306
- VHOG:0000054
- SCTID:181254001
efo_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim, major_organ, human_reference_atlas
https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/large-intestine-male/v1.3/assets/3d-sbu-m-large-intestine.glb
https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/large-intestine-female/v1.3/assets/3d-sbu-f-large-intestine.glb
Intestinal surface area also is increased in amphibians and reptiles by internal folds and occasionally by a few villi. The intestine can be divided into a small intestine and a slightly wider large intestine.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- subdivision of digestive tract
- digestive system element
- part of some intestine
- part of some lower digestive tract
- in taxon some Vertebrata
- contributes to morphology of some intestine
- epithelial cell of large intestine
- brush cell of epithelium proper of large intestine
- rectum
- colon
- vermiform appendix
- caecum
- anal canal
- colorectum
- large intestine goblet cell
- smooth muscle cell of large intestine
- large intestine smooth muscle
- anorectum
- wall of crypt of Lieberkuhn of large intestine
- base of crypt of Lieberkuhn of large intestine
- muscle layer of large intestine
- lamina propria of large intestine
- crypt of Lieberkuhn of large intestine
- large intestine Peyer's patch
- glandular cell of the large intestine
- serosa of large intestine
- mucosa of large intestine
- submucosa of large intestine
- muscularis mucosae of large intestine
- epithelium of large intestine
- wall of large intestine