Hilton's white line

Hilton's white line

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Hilton's white line is a boundary in the anal canal.cite web |url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1918929 |title=The White Line of Hilton |accessdate=2007-12-09 |format= |work=]

Below it, lymphatic drainage is to the superficial inguinal nodes.cite web |url=http://mywebpages.comcast.net/wnor/pelvis.htm |title=Pelvis |accessdate=2007-12-09 |format= |work=]

A landmark for the intermuscular border between internal and external anal sphincter muscles. Which explains the synonym, intersphincteric groove.

In live persons the the color of the line is white, hence the name.

It is named for John Hilton. [WhoNamedIt|synd|3030]

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