#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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