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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:transverse fold of rectum
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Accession:UBERON:0035377 term browser browse the term
Definition:One of the semi-lunar transverse folds of the rectal wall that protrude into the anal canal.
Comment:[function-note] "Their use seems to be to support the weight of fecal matter, and prevent its urging toward the anus, which would produce a strong urge to defecate"
Synonyms:exact_synonym: horizontal fold of rectum;   transverse rectal fold
 xref: FMA:15722;   NCI:C33807;   SCTID:259687002;   UMLS:C0227403;   Wikipedia:Houston_valve



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      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            organ part 0
              zone of organ 0
                transverse fold of rectum 0
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        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  presumptive structure 0
                    presumptive gut 0
                      digestive tract 0
                        subdivision of digestive tract 0
                          hindgut 0
                            lower digestive tract 0
                              large intestine 0
                                rectum 0
                                  transverse fold of rectum 0
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