Anal valves

Anal valves
The interior of the anal cami and lower part of the rectum, showing the anal columns and the anal valves between their lower ends (the columns were more numerous in the specimen than usual)
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Identifiers
Latin	Valvulae anales
Dorlands /Elsevier	12844489
TA	A05.7.05.005
FMA	74028
Anatomical terminology []

The anal valves are small valve-like folds at the lower ends of the anal sinuses in the rectum. The anal valves join together the lower ends of the anal columns.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)