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-The '''colon''' and '''rectum''' smell like poo... 'cause that's where poo comes from.  It commonly comes to pathologists because there is a suspicion of [[colorectal cancer]] or a known history of [[inflammatory bowel disease]] (IBD).
+The '''colon''' smell like poo... 'cause that's where poo comes from.  This article also covers the '''rectum''' and '''cecum''' as both have a similar mucosa.
-An introduction to gastrointestinal pathology is found in the ''[[gastrointestinal pathology]]'' article.
+It commonly comes to pathologists because there is a suspicion of [[colorectal cancer]] or a known history of [[inflammatory bowel disease]] (IBD).
+An introduction to gastrointestinal pathology is found in the ''[[gastrointestinal pathology]]'' article.  The ''[[anus]]'' is dealt with in a separate article.
+Technically, the rectum and cecum are ''not'' part of the colon.  Thus, inflammation of the rectum should be ''proctitis'' and inflammation of the cecum should be ''cecitis''.
 =Common clinical problems=