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==Anatomy==

==Anatomy==

[[Image:Colon.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Anatomy of the colon]]

[[Image:Colon.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Anatomy of the colon]]

After food passed from the stomach, it makes its way through the small intestine and into the colon. The colon is usually considered to have 5 sections: the ''ascending colon'', ''transverse colon'', ''descending colon'', ''sigmoid colon'', and ''rectum''.

The anantomy of the colon is important in understanding cancer. The colon is usually considered to have 5 sections:  

 

* ''ascending colon''  

*''transverse colon''

*''descending colon''

*''sigmoid colon''

*''rectum''

==Natural History==

==Natural History==