Synonyms
Large bowel; Large intestine
Anatomy
The colon extends distally from the ileocecal valve to the anus and is subdivided into cecum, ascending, transverse, descending colon, sigmoid and rectum (Fig. 1).
Anatomic parts of colon
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References and Further Reading
Dahl, J., & Greenson, J. K. (2012). Colon. In S. E. Mills (Ed.), Histology for pathologist (pp. 673–695). Philadelphia: Wolter Kluwer/Lippincott Wiliams & Wilkins.
Moore, K. L., & Dalley, A. F. (2006). Clinically oriented anatomy (pp. 241–289). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Netter, F. H. (1989). Abdomen. In F. H. Netter, & S. Colacino (Eds.), Atlas of human anatomy (pp. 251–256, 264–268). Summit: Ciba-Geigy.
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Erdamar, S. (2017). Colon, Anatomy and Histology. In: Carneiro, F., Chaves, P., Ensari, A. (eds) Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40560-5_1446
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