anal columns (Morgagni columns)

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Introduction

5 to 10 vertical folds of mucosa separated by anal valves. They contain the terminal branches of the rectal venous plexes.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.