{"term":{"id":"10374","title":"anal canal","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - anal canal","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.10374","code":"10374","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Terminal part of the large intestine between the rectum and anus.","notes":{"1":"The anal canal arises as the dorsal cavity of the cloaca after division of the cloaca by the urorectal septum, the ventral cavity becoming the urogenital sinus."},"links":[{"term":"anal membrane","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10375"},{"term":"cloaca","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10537"},{"term":"dorsal","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10615"},{"term":"urogenital sinus","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11345"},{"term":"ventral","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11363"}],"sources":["PAC, 2016, 88, 713. 'Glossary of terms used in developmental and reproductive toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 721 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/pac-2015-1202)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10374\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10374\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10374\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'anal canal' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.10374","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-05-15T09:52:42+00:00"}}