Hindgut
Profile view of a human embryo estimated at twenty or twenty-one days old. (Hindgut labeled at lower left.)
Primitivekidney andbladder, from a reconstruction. (Hindgut labeled at upper left.)
Details
Carnegie stage	10
Precursor	Mesenchyme
Gives rise to	Transverse colon,descending colon,sigmoid colon,rectum
Identifiers
Latin	metenteron
TE	E5.4.9.0.2.0.1
FMA	45618
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

Thehindgut (orepigaster) is theposterior (caudal) part of thealimentary canal. In mammals, it includes thedistal one third of thetransverse colon and thesplenic flexure, thedescending colon,sigmoid colon and up to the ano-rectal junction. Inzoology, the termhindgut refers also to thececum andascending colon.

Arterial supply is by theinferior mesenteric artery, and venous drainage is to theportal venous system. Lymphatic drainage is to thechyle cistern.

The hindgut is innervated via theinferior mesenteric plexus. Sympathetic innervation is from thelumbar splanchnic nerves (L1-L2), parasympathetic innervation is from S2-S4.

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  Abdominal part of digestive tube and its attachment to the primitive or common mesentery. Human embryo of six weeks.
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  Tail end of human embryo twenty-five to twenty-nine days old.
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  Metenteron in the millipedIllacme plenipes.

• Hindgut fermentation

• digest-035—Embryo Images atUniversity of North Carolina

• Large intestine
• Embryology of digestive system

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