Term Name: caudal region
Synonyms: post-anal caudal region, post-anal tail region, postsacral region, tail region
Definition: Subdivision of an organism along anterior-posterior axis that is the posteriormost region, extending past the anus (or cloaca, if present), consisting of a tail in some fully formed chordates (or a tail bud in embryos). In animals that have a sacral region, this is the region immediately posterior to this.
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0006071]

Relationships
is part of: posterior region of body
has parts: caudal region of vertebral column iliocaudalis muscle post-anal tail spinalis caudalis muscle
is a type of: subdivision of organism along main body axis