human anatomy, the transverse colon is the longest and most movable part of the colon. It crosses the abdomen from the ascending colon at the right colic...

valve. It then continues as the colon ascending the abdomen, across the width of the abdominal cavity as the transverse colon, and then descending to the...

completely. 1: Ascending colon 2: Transverse colon 3: Descending colon 4: Sigmoid colon 5: Rectum Iliac colon, sigmoid or pelvic colon, and rectum seen from...

Latin) of smooth muscle on the outside of the ascending, transverse, descending and sigmoid colons. They are visible and can be seen just below the serosa...

primates, the ascending colon is the part of the colon located between the cecum and the transverse colon. The ascending colon is smaller in calibre than...

names from the part of the colon to which they attach. These are the transverse mesocolon attaching to the transverse colon, the sigmoid mesocolon attaching...

large intestine is subdivided into the cecum, ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid colon, rectum, and anal canal. The small intestine begins at...

digestive tract, there are two colic flexures, or curvatures in the transverse colon. The right colic flexure is also known as the hepatic flexure, and...

the entire large intestine (cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon and sigmoid colon) and rectum are removed. However, it does not...

(diagrammatic). From colon 1 the ascending and transverse colon will be formed and from colon 2 the descending and sigmoid colons and the rectum. Second...

front of the intestines before curving back upwards to attach to the transverse colon. In effect it is draped in front of the intestines like an apron and...

includes the distal one third of the transverse colon and the splenic flexure, the descending colon, sigmoid colon and up to the ano-rectal junction. In...

X 80. (Simple columnar epithelium labeled at right, third from top.) Transverse section of a villus, from the human intestine. X 350. a. Basement membrane...

7 in) long, and begins at the rectosigmoid junction (the end of the sigmoid colon) at the level of the third sacral vertebra or the sacral promontory depending...

ileum, the cecum and the appendix, the ascending, transverse and descending colons, the sigmoid colon and the rectum. Other vital organs inside the abdomen...

superior mesenteric artery distributed to parts of the ascending and transverse colon. It usually divides into two terminal branches - a left one and a right...

intestine from the lower part of the duodenum through two-thirds of the transverse colon, as well as the pancreas. In the adult, the SMA arises anterior to...

ascending colon, and first half of the transverse colon. The hindgut contains the distal half of the transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum...

colon is the part of the colon extending from the left colic flexure to the level of the iliac crest (whereupon it transitions into the sigmoid colon)...

occurs due to transposition of a loop of large intestine (usually transverse colon) in between the diaphragm and the liver, visible on plain abdominal...

in front of the small intestines and doubles back to ascend to the transverse colon before reaching to the posterior abdominal wall. The greater omentum...

the hindgut, which includes the distal 1/3 of the transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, and the anus above the pectinate line. Blood...

rectosigmoid region and greater than 8 cm for the ascending colon. The transverse colon is usually less than 6 cm in diameter. A megacolon can be either...

haustra (sg.: haustrum) of the colon are the small pouches caused by sacculation (sac formation), which give the colon its segmented appearance. The teniae...

During a dissection, the colon could be traced from the rectum, to the sigmoid colon, through the descending, transverse, and ascending sections. The...

compartments – one above, and one below the transverse colon. The peritoneal cavity is divided by the transverse colon (and its mesocolon) into an upper supracolic...

four parts: the first (superior), the second (descending), the third (transverse) and the fourth (ascending) parts. The duodenum is the first section of...

neurogenic bladder. The appendix is also used as a means to access the colon in children with paralysed bowels or major rectal sphincter problems. The...

the pancreas, splenic artery, left kidney, left suprarenal gland, transverse colon and its mesocolon, and the left crus of diaphragm, and the left colic...

the common bile duct. In front sits the peritoneal membrane and the transverse colon. A small uncinate process emerges from below the head, situated behind...