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transverse colon

The largest & most mobile part, ca. 45 cm long. Lies between the right & left colic flexures, where it bends inferiorly to become the descending colon. -> may extend somewhat transversely across the abdomen, but more often sags centrally, frequently to subumbilical levels -> in tall thin people, the colon may dip into the pelvis .

General

gastrointestinal structure

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore & AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.

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colon