#colon the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
supertype: #large_intestine__largeintestine beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces
subtype: #megacolon #transverse_colon #ascending_colon #descending_colon #sigmoid_colon
part: #sigmoid_vein__sigmoidvein__venasigmoideu tributaries of the inferior mesenteric vein; drains the sigmoid colon
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