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colon

Identification
Official Latin term colon
Official subsidiary term colon
Unit identifier TAH:U2612
Unit type single
Materiality material
Navigation
Link to the unit colon
Links of entity generic: colon
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: intestinum crassum Short Extended
Level 3: colon
Taxonomic links Level 1: pars principalis organi Short Extended
Taxonomic links Level 2: segmentum organi Short Extended
Level 3: segmentum intestini crassi
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language
Taxonomic definition
Encyclopedic definition that part of the large intestine which extends from the cecum to the rectum; sometimes used inaccurately as a synonym for the entire large intestine.
THIS colon
Genus THIS isa segment of large intestine
Defining property 1 THIS isTractSegmentof ( large intestine, caecum )
Defining property 2 THIS hasTractSegment ( ascending colon, initial )
Defining property 3 THIS hasTractSegment ( transverse colon, ascending colon )
Defining property 4 THIS hasTractSegment ( descending colon, transverse colon )
Defining property 5 THIS hasTractSegment ( sigmoid colon, descending colon )
Autogenerated definition A colon is a segment of large intestine [segmentum intestini crassi] which is segment of large intestine [intestinum crassum] continuous with caecum [caecum] and has initial segment ascending colon [colon ascendens] and has as segment transverse colon [colon transversum] continuous with ascending colon [ascending colon] and has as segment descending colon [colon descendens] continuous with transverse colon [transverse colon] and has as segment sigmoid colon [colon sigmoideum] continuous with descending colon [descending colon]
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
corpus humanum top
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TAH:U2612 colon SOS
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Taxonomy
Date: 31.10.2025