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ascending colon

ascending colon

This segment rises on the body's right from the caecum to the hepatic flexure, where it turns into the transverse colon.

All languages

English
ascending colon
Norwegian
oppstigende tykktarm
Japanese
上行結腸 — じょうこうけっちょう — jōkōketchō
Korean
상행 결장 — sanghaeng gyeoljang
Spanish
colon ascendente
French
côlon ascendant
German
Aufsteigender Grimmdarm

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