left flexure of colon
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Colon (anatomy) — For other uses, see Colon. Colon (anatomy) Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for liver, stomach, and large intestine. Gray s … Wikipedia
Colon — The part of the large intestine that runs from the cecum to the rectum as a long hollow tube that serves to remove water from digested food and let the remaining material, solid waste called stool, move through it to the rectum and leave the body … Medical dictionary
flexure — A bend, as in an organ or structure. SYN: flexura [TA]. [L. flexura] anorectal f. [TA] the anteroposterior curve or angle, with convesity directed anteriorly, of the anorectal junction; tonus of the puborectalis (muscle) produces the … Medical dictionary
colon descendens — [TA] descending colon the portion of the colon between the left colic flexure and the sigmoid colon at the pelvic brim; the part of it that lies in the left part of the iliac fossa is sometimes called the iliac colon … Medical dictionary
Transverse colon — 1: Ascending colon 2: Transverse colon 3: Descending colon 4: Sigmoid colon 5: Rectum … Wikipedia
Duodenojejunal flexure — Superior and inferior duodenal fossæ … Wikipedia
Descending colon — Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for liver, stomach, and great intestine. (Descending colon visible at center right, in blue.) … Wikipedia
Sigmoid colon — Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for liver, stomach, and great intestine. Latin colon sigmoideum Gray s … Wikipedia
Ascending colon — 1: Ascending colon 2: Transverse colon 3: Descending colon 4: Sigmoid colon 5: Rectum … Wikipedia
Splenic flexure — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = flexura coli dextra, flexura coli sinistra GraySubject = 249 GrayPage = 1180 Caption = Colorectal anatomy. (Splenic flexure labeled at upper right.) Caption2 = Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for … Wikipedia
