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Rectal columns
Introduction
Overview
Overview
The lumen of the anal canal presents, in its upper half, a number of vertical folds, produced by an infolding of the mucous membrane and some of the muscular tissue. They are known as the anal columns (or rectal columns [Morgagni]).