right 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
Right upper quadrant (abdomen) — The right upper quadrant of the human abdomen, often abbreviated as RUQ, is used to refer to a portion of the abdomen that allows doctors to localise pain and tenderness, scars, lumps and other items of interest. The RUQ extends from the median… … 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 ascendens — [TA] ascending colon the portion of the colon between the cecum and the right colic flexure … Medical dictionary
right colon — the proximal portion of the colon (proximal to the left colic flexure); it develops embryonically from the terminal portion of the midgut and functions in absorption … Medical dictionary
colon cutoff sign — a radiographic sign of appendiceal perforation or colonic spasm, consisting of absence of gas and feces in the right lower quadrant, reflex dilatation of the transverse colon, and sharp cutoff of gas at the hepatic flexure … Medical dictionary
Ascending colon — 1: Ascending colon 2: Transverse colon 3: Descending colon 4: Sigmoid colon 5: Rectum … Wikipedia
Transverse colon — 1: Ascending colon 2: Transverse colon 3: Descending colon 4: Sigmoid colon 5: Rectum … Wikipedia
Sigmoid colon — Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for liver, stomach, and great intestine. Latin colon sigmoideum Gray s … Wikipedia
