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| Splenic flexure |
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| Colorectal anatomy. (Splenic flexure labeled at upper right.) |
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| Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for liver, stomach, and great intestine. The duodenum and pancreas. (Left colic flexure labeled at upper right.) |
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flexura coli dextra, flexura coli sinistra |
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subject #249 1180 |
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Midgut (hepatic), hindgut (splenic) |
A colic flexure is a flexure (a 'bend') in the colon. There are two colic flexures in the transverse colon. The left colic flexure is near the spleen, and is known as the splenic flexure.
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Anatomy of torso, digestive system: Gastrointestinal tract |
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| Upper GI: to stomach |
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| Upper GI: stomach |
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| Lower GI: intestines |
Small intestine: Duodenum ( Suspensory muscle, Major duodenal papilla, Minor duodenal papilla) • Duodenojejunal flexure • Jejunum • Ileum • continuous ( intestinal villus, crypts of Lieberkühn, circular folds)
Junction: Vermiform appendix • Ileocecal valve
Large intestine: Cecum • Colon ( ascending colon, hepatic flexure, transverse colon, splenic flexure, descending colon, sigmoid colon) • continuous ( taenia coli, haustra, epiploic appendix)
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| Lower GI: termination |
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| Lower GI: lymph |
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