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... > Digestive System > Gastrointestinal Tract > Lower Gastrointestinal Tract > Intestine, Large > Colon > Colon, Ascending

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Colon, Ascending  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ascending Colon
  • Flexure, Hepatic
  • Hepatic Flexure

Scope note

  • The segment of LARGE INTESTINE between the CECUM and the TRANSVERSE COLON. It passes cephalad from the cecum to the caudal surface of the right lobe of the LIVER where it bends sharply to the left, forming the right colic flexure.

History note

  • 2004

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D044682

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