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Descriptor English: Colon, Ascending
Descriptor Spanish: Colon Ascendente
Descriptor colon ascendente
Scope note: El segmento del INTESTINO GRUESO situado entre el CIEGO y el COLON TRANSVERSO. Tiene un trayecto ascendente desde el ciego hasta la superficie caudal del lóbulo derecho del HÍGADO en donde se curva pronunciadamente hacia la izquierda, formando la flexura cólica derecha.
Descriptor Portuguese: Colo Ascendente
Descriptor French: Côlon ascendant
Entry term(s): Ascending Colon
Colic Flexure, Right
Flexure, Hepatic
Hepatic Flexure
Right Colic Flexure
Tree number(s): A03.556.124.526.356.333
A03.556.249.249.356.333
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D044682
Scope note: The segment of LARGE INTESTINE between the CECUM and the TRANSVERSE COLON. It passes cephalad from the cecum to the caudal surface of the right lobe of the LIVER where it bends sharply to the left, forming the right colic flexure.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Colon (1965-2003)
Colonic Diseases (1965-2003)
Public MeSH Note: 2004
History Note: 2004
DeCS ID: 37755
Unique ID: D044682
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Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2017/04/18
Colon, Ascending - Preferred
Concept UI M0443760
Scope note The segment of LARGE INTESTINE between the CECUM and the TRANSVERSE COLON. It passes cephalad from the cecum to the caudal surface of the right lobe of the LIVER where it bends sharply to the left, forming the right colic flexure.
Preferred term Colon, Ascending
Entry term(s) Ascending Colon
Flexure, Hepatic
Hepatic Flexure
Right Colic Flexure - Narrower
Concept UI M0445755
Preferred term Right Colic Flexure
Entry term(s) Colic Flexure, Right



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