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Sigmoid colon

Known as: COLON, SIGMOID, An S-shaped section of the colon, colon sigmoid 
The portion of the colon that connects to the descending colon above and the rectum below.(On-line Medical Dictionary)
National Institutes of Health

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Blood supply aspectsBody partChromoscopyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology

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Colon structure (body structure)Female pelvisGastrointestinal systemHindgut

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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Biomass and productivity of water hyacinth and their application in control programs.
Water hyacinth is controllable if management programs take account of plant dynamics and factors that influence plant behaviour… 
1991
1991
Vestibular neurotomy by retrosigmoid approach: technique, indications, and results.
During the past 15 years, 96 retrosigmoid vestibular neurotomies have been used in the surgical management of incapacitating… 
1976
1976
Acute toxicity of selenium dioxide to freshwater fishes
Acute toxicity tests of selenium dioxide were conducted for 96 to 336 hr in intermittent-flow bioassay systems using six species… 
1974
1974
Thallium and the sodium pump in human red cells
1. Thallium (Tl) inhibits the ouabain‐sensitive K influx in human red cells in high‐Na medium. At 1 m M external K concentration… 
1973
1973
Enzymatic iodination of protein. Kinetics of iodine formation and protein iodination catalyzed by horse-radish peroxidase.
1. The initial rate of I2 formation catalyzed by horse-radish peroxidase exhibited a clear sigmoid relationship with respect to… 
1973
1973
Hartmann Procedure for Carcinoma of the Sigmoid and Rectum
1967
1967
The inhibition of skeletal-muscle fructose 1,6-diphosphatase by adenosine monophosphate.
1. The present study extends the finding of Krebs & Woodford (1965) that muscle fructose diphosphatase is more sensitive to AMP… 
1952
1952
Ligation of the interior mesenteric artery at the aorta in resections for carcinoma of the sigmoid and rectum.
Highly Cited
1951
Highly Cited
1951
The Effect of Ionizing Radiations on the Broad Bean Root. Part VIII
After exposures lasting a few minutes to doses of γ radiation up to 250 rontgens, X radiation up to 140 rontgens, and of… 
1950
1950
Meningiomas of the cerebellar fossa.
M ENINGIOMAS of the eerebellar fossa, although few in number, deserve special s tudy as a group. They show certain characteristic…