Anal columns
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| Anal columns | |
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| Coronal section of rectum and anal canal. | |
| The interior of the anal cami and lower part of the rectum, showing the columns of Morgagni and the anal valves between their lower ends. The columns were more numerous in the specimen than usual. | |
| Latin | columnae anales |
| Gray's | subject #249 1185 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | c_48/12251084 |
The lumen of the anal canal presents, in its upper half, a number of vertical folds, produced by an infolding of the mucous membrane and some of the muscular tissue. They are known as the anal columns (or rectal columns [Morgagni]).
[edit] External links
- SUNY Labs 43:11-0105 - "The Female Pelvis: The Rectum"
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