1) Large intestine
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The ascending colon is the part of the colon located between the cecum and the transverse colon. The ascending colon is smaller in caliber than the cecum from where it starts. It passes upward, opposite the colic valve, to the under surface of the right lobe of the liver, on the right of the gall-bladder, where it is lodged in a shallow depression...
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(from the article `digestive system, human`) The ascending colon extends up from the cecum at the level of the ileocecal valve to the bend in the colon called the hepatic flexure, which is ...
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The first part of the colon (part of the large intestine). It starts in the lower right hand side of the abdomen (where the small intestine ends) and moves material upwards to the upper right hand side of the abdomen, where the next part of the colon, the transverse colon, starts.
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<anatomy> The first part of the colon (large intestine) that starts in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen and ends at the transverse colon in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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the first part of the large intestine, which passes upward from the cecum to the lower edge of the liver, where it bends and becomes the transverse colon.
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The part of the colon that lies between the cecum and the right colic flexure.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. the portion of the colon between the ileocecal orifice and the right colic flexure. Synonyms: colon ascendens
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(ko;lon) The portion of the large intestine between the cecum and the hepatic flexure.
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n] - the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon
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noun the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon
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The portion of colon that begins in the lower right part of the abdomen, departing from the end of the small intestine. It rises on the right side up to the rib cage, where it turns to cross under the liver as the transverse colon.
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the first portion of the colon, beginning at the cecum in the lower right abdominal cavity and continuing upward along the right posterior abdominal wall to approximately the lower ribs. See diag. under
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the portion of the large intestine that is on the right side of the abdomen.
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