homologous primates, the ascending colon is the part of the colon located between the cecum and the transverse colon. The ascending colon is smaller in calibre...

valve. It then continues as the colon ascending the abdomen, across the width of the abdominal cavity as the transverse colon, and then descending to the...

in Latin) of smooth muscle on the outside of the ascending, transverse, descending and sigmoid colons. They are visible and can be seen just below the...

completely. 1: Ascending colon 2: Transverse colon 3: Descending colon 4: Sigmoid colon 5: Rectum Iliac colon, sigmoid or pelvic colon, and rectum seen...

is also separated from the colon by the cecocolic junction. While the cecum is usually intraperitoneal, the ascending colon is retroperitoneal. In herbivores...

water and salts. The colon is further divided into: Cecum (first portion of the colon) and appendix Ascending colon (ascending in the back wall of the...

anatomy, the transverse colon is the longest and most movable part of the colon. It crosses the abdomen from the ascending colon at the right colic flexure...

is usually on the left lower side (sigmoid colon), while in Asia it is usually on the right (ascending colon). The disease becomes more frequent with age...

again if the entire large intestine (cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon and sigmoid colon) and rectum are removed. However, it does...

junction. In zoology, the term hindgut refers also to the cecum and ascending colon. Arterial supply is by the inferior mesenteric artery, and venous drainage...