The part of the large intestine that is closest to the rectum and anus. It forms a loop that averages about 40 cm. in length, and normally lies within the pelvis, but on account of its freedom of movement it is liable to be displaced into the abdominal cavity. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmoid_colon ]

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Term information

database cross reference
  • MIAA:0000314
  • FMA:14548
  • BTO:0000645
  • NCIT:C33550
  • EFO:0000846
  • UMLS:C0227391 (ncithesaurus:Sigmoid_Colon)
  • galen:SigmoidColon
  • CALOHA:TS-2044
  • SCTID:362166007
  • UMLS:C0682612 (ncithesaurus:Sigmoid_Flexure)
  • NCIT:C12384
  • MAT:0000314
  • EMAPA:36391
  • OpenCyc:Mx4rwHX_-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
  • Wikipedia:Sigmoid_colon
  • MESH:D012809
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, human_reference_atlas

RO 0002175

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Dickdarm-Schema.svg

has related synonym

sigmoid flexure

sigmoid colon

pelvic colon

colon sigmoideum

id

UBERON:0001159