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

of or relating to the colon

relating to or affecting the colon and the rectum

tributaries of the inferior mesenteric vein; drains the sigmoid colon

of or relating to the colon

an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung's disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)

the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon

the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon

the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon

the s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum

tributaries of the inferior mesenteric vein; drains the sigmoid colon