anal pecten

Introduction

A smooth area of simple stratified epithelium that lies between the anal valves superiorly & the inferior border of the internal anal sphincter inferiorly.

Histology

• it is lined with non-keratinized squamous epithelium which transitions into true skin (keratinized squamous epithelium) at the level of the intersphincteric groove.

More general terms

• anatomic structure

Additional terms

• rectum