- Pectinate line
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Pectinate line Pectinate line labeled at bottom center. The interior of the anal cami and lower part of the rectum, showing the columns of Morgagni and the anal valves between their lower ends. (Pectinate line visible but not labeled.) Latin linea anocutanea The pectinate line (dentate line) is a line which divides the upper 2/3s and lower 1/3 of the anal canal. Developmentally, this line represents the hindgut-proctodeum junction.
It is an important anatomical landmark, and several distinctions can be made based upon the location of a structure relative to this line:
Distinction Above pectinate line Below pectinate line destination of lymph drainage internal iliac lymph nodes,[1] inferior mesenteric lymph nodes[2] (pararectal lymph nodes), superficial inguinal lymph nodes (below Hilton's white line)[3] epithelium columnar epithelium (as is most of the digestive tract - the line represents the end of the part of the body derived from the hindgut) stratified squamous epithelium, non-keratinized (until Hilton's white line, where the anal verge becomes continuous with the perianal skin containing keratinized epithelium.) embryological origin endoderm ectoderm artery superior rectal artery middle and inferior rectal arteries vein superior rectal vein middle and inferior rectal veins hemorrhoids classification internal hemorrhoids (not painful) external hemorrhoids (painful) nerves inferior hypogastric plexus inferior rectal nerves Additional images
References
- ^ Anne M. R. Agur; Moore, Keith L. (2006). Essential Clinical Anatomy (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)). Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 258. ISBN 0-7817-6274-X.
- ^ "Dissector Answers - Pelvis & Pelvic Viscera". http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/reproductive_system/pelvicvisc_ans.html. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
- ^ "Pelvis". http://mywebpages.comcast.net/wnor/pelvis.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
External links
- Pectinate+line at eMedicine Dictionary
- pelvis at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (rectum)
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- Digestive system stubs
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