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terminal part of digestive tract

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The distalmost portion of the digestive tract, derived from the hindgut, and terminating with the anus. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Term info

curator note

this class is the superclass of 'rectum', which is currently reserved for the vertebrate structure. May be merged in future.

has related synonym

rectal part of digestive tract, terminal section of digestive tract

id

UBERON:0006866