#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
  supertype:  #intestine__bowel__gut  the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
  subtype:  #colon  the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
  part of:  #alimentary_canal
  part:  #cecum__caecum__blind_gut  the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum"
     part:  #vermiform_appendix__vermiformappendix__appendix__vermiform_process__vermiformproces__cecal_appendage__cecalappendage  a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
  part:  #transverse_colon  the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon
  part:  #ascending_colon__ascendingcolon  the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon
     part:  #ascending_artery__ascendingartery__arteria_ascendens__arteriaascenden  the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon
  part:  #descending_colon  the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon
  part:  #sigmoid_colon__sigmoidcolon__sigmoid_flexure__sigmoidflexure  the s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum
  part:  #rectum  the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus
     part:  #rectal_artery__arteria_rectalis  one of the arteries supplying the rectal area
     part:  #anus__arse__arsehole__asshole  excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal
        part:  #anal_sphincter__sphincter_ani__sphincterani__musculus_sphincter_ani  the sphincter muscle of the anus
           part:  #musculus_sphincter_ani_externus  an external ring of striated muscle surrounding the anus
           part:  #musculus_sphincter_ani_internus  an internal ring of smooth muscle formed by circular fibers of the rectum

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