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MeSH Heading: Colon
Tree Number(s): A03.556.124.526.356; A03.556.249.249.356
Unique ID: D003106
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003106
Annotation: entry term TAENIA COLI: do not confuse with Taenia, a genus of tapeworm; inflammation = COLITIS; /‌surg: do not confuse with specialty COLORECTAL SURGERY and consider also COLECTOMY or COLOSTOMY; note entry terms: coord with specific tissue type if appropriate
Scope Note: The segment of LARGE INTESTINE between the CECUM and the RECTUM. It includes the ASCENDING COLON; the TRANSVERSE COLON; the DESCENDING COLON; and the SIGMOID COLON.
Entry Term(s): Appendix Epiploica; Omental Appendices; Omental Appendix; Taenia Coli
See Also: Colectomy; Colonoscopy; Colostomy
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Colon MeSH Descriptor Data 2025