- ascending colon
- ascending colon n the part of the large intestine that extends from the cecum to the bend on the right side below the liver compare DESCENDING COLON, TRANSVERSE COLON
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Ascending colon — 1: Ascending colon 2: Transverse colon 3: Descending colon 4: Sigmoid colon 5: Rectum … Wikipedia
ascending colon — noun the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon • Hypernyms: ↑colon • Part Holonyms: ↑large intestine • Part Meronyms: ↑ascending artery, ↑arteria ascendens … Useful english dictionary
ascending colon — /koh leuhn/, Anat. the first portion of the colon, beginning at the cecum in the lower right abdominal cavity and continuing upward along the right posterior abdominal wall to approximately the lower ribs. See diag. under intestine. [1855 60] * * … Universalium
ascending colon — noun A part of colon adjacent to small intestine … Wiktionary
ascending colon — ascend′ing co′lon [[t]ˈkoʊ lən[/t]] n. anat. the first portion of the large intestine, extending from the small intestine upward … From formal English to slang
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
colon — colon1 /koh leuhn/, n., pl. colons for 1, cola / leuh/ for 2. 1. the sign (:) used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc., of what precedes; or to separate groups of… … Universalium
Colón — /koh lon /; Sp. /kaw lawn /, n. a seaport in Panama at the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal. 85,600. * * * Segment that makes up most of the large intestine. Though the two terms are often used interchangeably, the colon technically excludes the… … Universalium
ascending artery — noun the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon • Syn: ↑arteria ascendens • Hypernyms: ↑artery, ↑arteria, ↑arterial blood vessel • Part Holonyms: ↑ascending colon … Useful english dictionary
