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MeSH Heading: Rectum
Tree Number(s): A03.556.124.526.767; A03.556.249.249.767
Unique ID: D012007
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012007
Annotation: /surg: do not confuse with the specialty COLORECTAL SURGERY; rectal bleeding: RECTUM + HEMORRHAGE, GASTROINTESTINAL for bleeding through the rectum; hemorrhaging rectum is RECTAL DISEASES + HEMORRHAGE, GASTROINTESTINAL; inflammation = PROCTITIS; /‌abnorm: consider also ANORECTAL MALFORMATIONS
Scope Note: The distal segment of the LARGE INTESTINE, between the SIGMOID COLON and the ANAL CANAL.
Consider Also: consider also terms at PROCT-
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/03

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)

Rectum MeSH Descriptor Data 2024