descending colon
colon descendens
In 5 atlases
Definition
The portion of the colon between the left colic flexure and the sigmoid colon at the pelvic brim; the portion of the descending colon lying in the left iliac fossa is sometimes called the iliac colon.
Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0
Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Relations
- Arterial supply
- left colic artery
Neighbouring structures
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Identifiers
- TA2
- 2986
- TA98
- A05.7.03.006
- FMA
- 14547
- UBERON
- 0001158
- Wikidata
- Q2562565