Anal sinuses

Anal sinuses

Coronal section of rectum and anal canal

The interior of the anal cami and lower part of the rectum, showing the anal columns and the anal valves between their lower ends (the columns were more numerous in the specimen than usual)
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Identifiers
Latin Sinus anales
TA A05.7.05.006
FMA 76584

Anatomical terminology

The anal sinuses (rectal sinuses) are furrows in the anal canal, that separate the anal columns from one another. The anal sinuses end below in small valve-like folds, termed anal valves.

References

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

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