Sydney is a somewhat prominent first name for males (#848 out of 1220, Top 69%) and an even more prominent surname for all people (#35797 out of 150436, Top 24%). (2000 U.S. Census). Charted below is the birth name popularity of Sydney for boys.
The sigmoid colon is a curved, S-shaped region of the large intestine and is the final segment of the colon. It transports fecal matter from the descending colon to the rectum and anus. Feces are stored in the sigmoid colon until they are ready to be eliminated from the body through the anal canal.
Inflammatory bowel disease such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease may occur here. Diverticulitis, in which little outpouchings of bowel form and become inflamed, is more common in the sigmoid than any other part of the bowel. Small growths called polyps, as well as cancers, also favour this site. The good thing about investigating sigmoid disease is that this part of the colon isn't far from the outside world. It is easy to pass a rigid sigmoidoscope into the anus and get a decent view.