ascending colon
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Ascending colon — 1: Ascending colon 2: Transverse colon 3: Descending colon 4: Sigmoid colon 5: Rectum … Wikipedia
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 … Medical dictionary
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 — 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
