Hindgut
| Hindgut | |
|---|---|
bladder, from a reconstruction. (Hindgut labeled at upper left.) | |
| Details | |
| Carnegie stage | 10 |
| Precursor | Mesenchyme |
| Gives rise to | Transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | metenteron |
| TE | E5.4.9.0.2.0.1 |
| FMA | 45618 |
| Anatomical terminology] | |
The hindgut (or epigaster) is the
splenic flexure, the descending colon, sigmoid colon and up to the ano-rectal junction. In zoology, the term hindgut refers also to the cecum and ascending colon
.
Structure
Blood supply
Arterial supply is by the
chyle cistern
.
Nerve supply
The hindgut is innervated via the inferior mesenteric plexus. Sympathetic innervation is from the lumbar splanchnic nerves (L1-L2), parasympathetic innervation is from S2-S4.
Development
Additional images
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Abdominal part of digestive tube and its attachment to the primitive or common mesentery. Human embryo of six weeks. -
Tail end of human embryo twenty-five to twenty-nine days old. -
Metenteron in the milliped Illacme plenipes.
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See also
External links
- digest-035—Embryo Images at University of North Carolina