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Definition of Descending colon
1. Noun. The part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon.
Definition of Descending colon
1. Noun. (anatomy) A part of colon adjacent to sigmoid colon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Descending colon
1. The fourth portion of the large intestine (colon) that communicates with the transverse colon in the left-upper quadrant of the abdomen and the rectum below. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Descending Colon
Literary usage of Descending colon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"The cólica sinistra passes behind the peritoneum, in front of the left kidney,
to reach the descending colon, and divides into two branches—an ascending ..."
2. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1892)
"THE RELATIONS OF THE PERITONEUM TO THE descending colon IN THE HUMAN SUBJECT.
... It is generally admitted that the descending colon gradually shifts its ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The cólica sinistra passes behind the peritoneum, in front of the left kidney,
to reach the descending colon, and divides into two branches—an ascending ..."
4. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The left colic branch passes to the left, towards the descending colon, and
divides into an ascending and a descending branch, which run towards the upper ..."
5. The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children (1916)
"The clinical diagnosis was carcinoma of the descending colon. At operation it
was found that the tumor consisted of a portion of the transverse colon, ..."
6. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1882)
"Age seemed to exercise no unfavourable influence; one patient was aged sixty-five
and recovered. EXCISION OP A STRICTURE OF THE descending colon IN THE ..."
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