colon
galen:Colon
MAP:0000001
uberon
GAID:309
TODO - abstract this such that it legitimately covers all vertebrates
MESH:A03.492.411.495.356
UBERON:0001155
ZFA:0000706
colonic
The last portion of the digestive system, it extracts water and salt from solid wastes before they are eliminated from the body.[AAO]
Some references do not consider the caecum to be part of the colon.
In zebrafish, the posterior intestine has short longitudinally arranged epithelial folds which are similar to the colon of higher vertebrates[ZFIN]
UMLS:C0009368
Although all vertebrates have a digestive tract and accessory glands, various parts of this system are not necessarily homologous, analogous, or even present in all species. Therefore, broad comparisons can be best made under the listings of headgut, foregut, midgut, pancreas and biliary system, hindgut.[uncertain][VHOG]
EMAPA:18939
AAO:0010400
EV:0100079
BTO:0000269
MAT:0000526
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it extracts water and salt from solid wastes before they are eliminated from the body[WP]
NCIT:C12382
hindgut
CALOHA:TS-0158
XAO:0000243
FMA:14543
MA:0000335
TAO:0000706
posterior intestine
large bowel
In mammals, the colon consists of four sections: the ascending colon, the transverse colon, the descending colon, and the sigmoid colon[WP]
A portion of the large intestine before it becomes the rectum. In mammals, the colon is the most part of the large intestine, excluding the vermiform appendix, the rectum and the anal canal.
The posterior intestine has short longitudinally arranged epithelial folds which are similar to the colon of higher vertebrates. Wallace et al, 2005.[TAO]
EFO:0000361
VHOG:0000648
subdivision of digestive tract