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Definition of Ascending colon
1. Noun. The part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon.
Group relationships: Large Intestine
Generic synonyms: Colon
Definition of Ascending colon
1. Noun. (anatomy) A part of colon adjacent to small intestine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Ascending colon
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ascending Colon
Literary usage of Ascending colon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"The ascending colon is smaller than the ... An abscess of the right kidney could
thus break through into the ascending colon and not wound the peritoneum. ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"The entire colon, including the caecum, ascending colon, and transverse colon lay
... The mesocolon of the ascending colon was therefore abnormally long. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1904)
"As previously stated, the ascending colon is, at first, almost as wide as the
caecum; ... At the bend between the ascending colon and A there is a sudden ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"ascending colon.—The ascending colon passes upward through the right lumbar
region, lateral to the right lateral line. The right colic flexure is situated ..."
5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"... held not more than two feet above the level of the anus, whence it will usually
pass along the lower and transverse colon into the ascending colon. ..."
6. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"The Form, Size and Position of the Cecum, Ileocecal Junction, Vermiform Process
or Appendix, and ascending colon, as Determined ..."
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