two colic flexures, or curvatures in the transverse colon. The right colic flexure is also known as the hepatic flexure, and the left colic flexure is...

sternal flexures, with rotations up to 720 degrees reported. It is most commonly seen in postpartum mares, usually presents with severe signs of colic that...

the descending colon is the part of the colon extending from the left colic flexure to the level of the iliac crest (whereupon it transitions into the sigmoid...

It crosses the abdomen from the ascending colon at the right colic flexure (hepatic flexure) with a downward convexity to the descending colon where it...

the mesentery attached to the transverse colon that lies between the colic flexures. The sigmoid mesocolon is that region of the mesentery to which the...

colic flexure (flexed portion of the ascending and transverse colon apparent to the liver) Transverse colon (passing below the diaphragm) Left colic flexure...

artery) near the left colic flexure, forming the arc of Riolan. The right branch anastomoses with the ascending branch of the right colic artery. Alternate...

Patient Positioning: The liver is retracted upwards, and the right colic flexure is retracted downwards. The surgeon typically stands on the left side...

a shallow depression, the colic impression; here it bends abruptly forward and to the left, forming the right colic flexure (hepatic) where it becomes...

colon, descending colon, and sigmoid colon. These sections turn at the colic flexures. The parts of the colon are either intraperitoneal or behind it in the...

usually represents the dominant arterial supply to the left colic flexure.: 1196  The left colic artery passes to the left posterior to the peritoneum. After...

neighborhood of the right and left colic flexures. One or two small glands are occasionally seen along the trunk of the right colic artery and others are found...

of the spleen lies near the transpyloric plane. the left and right colic flexure the root of the transverse mesocolon. cisterna chyli (which drains into...

venosus Ligamentum venosum Liver Liver Phrenicocolic ligament Left colic flexure Thoracic diaphragm Ventral mesentery Left triangular ligament, right...

Tulpius valve, Bauhin's valve, ileocecal eminence, valve of Varolius or colic valve) is a sphincter muscle valve that separates the small intestine and...

The left colic vein is a vein that drains the left colic flexure and descending colon. It empties into the inferior mesenteric vein. It accompanies the...

of peritoneum, the phrenicocolic ligament is continued from the left colic flexure to the thoracic diaphragm opposite the tenth and eleventh ribs; it passes...

peritonitis are localised in the LLQ, colitis, diverticulitis, ureteral colic or pain due to ovarian cysts or pelvic inflammatory disease may be suspected...

penetrate deep into the colon, in certain circumstances up to the right colic flexure. An endoscopy, which may also be of use during therapy, facilitates...

colon and its mesocolon, and the left crus of diaphragm, and the left colic flexure. The term was introduced around 1896 by Philip Polson of the Catholic...

The SRCV, middle colic vein, and right colic vein (RCV) were defined as those that drained from the marginal vein of the right flexure of the colon, the...

Cecum Appendix Colon Ascending colon Hepatic flexure Transverse colon Splenic flexure Descending colon Sigmoid colon Continuous taenia coli haustra epiploic...

(lateral) paracolic gutter runs from the superiolateral aspect of the hepatic flexure of the colon, down the lateral aspect of the ascending colon, and around...

colon due to the variable contributions of the ileocolic, right colic, and left colic blood vessels to lymphatic drainage of the transverse colon. Transverse...

pain in the lower back that often radiates downward to the groin (renal colic). A calculus may also result in blood in the urine, vomiting, or painful...

In a series of 73 patients, plain abdominal radiography (56%) showing colic distension in 53% or a pneumoperitoneum in 3%. CT scans are often used in...

Disturbance of this sensitive balance is not uncommon and is one of the causes of colic in horses. During any intestinal surgery, for instance, during appendectomy...

colon, in that order. Three flexures are also named: the sternal flexure, between right and left ventral colon; the pelvic flexure, between left ventral and...

separated by a ridge. The one in front is a shallow colic impression, formed by the hepatic flexure and the one behind is a deeper renal impression accommodating...

vestibulospinal tract latissimus dorsi Laurer's canal left atrium left colic artery left common carotid artery left gastroepiploic artery left mainstem...