Anal columns: Difference between revisions

Anal columns
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.
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Identifiers
Latin	columnae anales
TA98	A05.7.05.004
TA2	3012
FMA	15713 76435, 15713
Anatomical terminology

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]).

External links

• Anatomy photo:43:11-0105 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The Female Pelvis: The Rectum"

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1185 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)