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Anal Canal

"Anal Canal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The terminal segment of the LARGE INTESTINE, beginning from the ampulla of the RECTUM and ending at the anus.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Anal Canal" by people in this website by year, and whether "Anal Canal" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 56 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2015 and 2016 and 2018 and 2021
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