large intestine in dogs
A subdivision of the digestive tract that connects the small intestine to the cloaca or anus. Lacks or has few villi[Kardong]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the large intestine is
A subdivision of the digestive tract that connects the small intestine to the cloaca or anus. Lacks or has few villi[Kardong]. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the dog.
Where the large intestine is
It sits within the digestive system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What the large intestine connects to
The atlas records 29 typed relationships for it, across 7 kinds of connection. part of digestive tract, intestine and lower digestive tract, and 1 more.
Supply and innervation
Venous drainage: inferior mesenteric vein.
Also called
Also recorded as intestinum crassum. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0000059, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- Part of: digestive tract, intestine, lower digestive tract and organ.
- A kind of: anatomical structure and digestive system element.
- contains: anal canal, caecum, colon, crypt of Lieberkuhn of large intestine, epithelium of large intestine and lamina propria of mucosa of colon, and 9 more.
- contributes to morphology of: intestine, caecum, colon, crypt of Lieberkuhn of large intestine and rectum.
- connects: ileocecal junction.
- Drained by: inferior mesenteric vein.
- deep to: rectum.
Questions
Where is the large intestine?
It sits within the digestive system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What does the large intestine connect to?
Part of: digestive tract, intestine, lower digestive tract and organ.
Is the large intestine the same in other species?
This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.