An anal valve is a small horizontal fold uniting the inferior ends of any two adjacent anal columns of the anal canal. An anal valve forms the inferior boundary of an anal sinus. The anal valves demarcate the level of the pectinate line.[1]

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
Latinvalvulae anales
TA98A05.7.05.005
TA23014
FMA74028
Anatomical terminology

References

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  1. ^ Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). p. 315. ISBN 978-0-7295-3752-0.
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