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When did the large intestine start being called the colon?
When I was in school in the 70's, the word colon was not even used; they talked about small intestines and the large intestine. When did they change the term?
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- Anonymous4 years agoFavorite Answer
The large intestine and colon are NOT the same anatomical structure. Of course, the colon accounts for the bulk of the large intestine (a.k.a. large bowel) but it also includes the caecum, vermiform appendix, rectum and anal canal.
- Ted KLv 74 years ago
They never changed the term. I have reprints of papers written in the 1930s calling it "colon." Evidently you just never heard it before.
