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Transverse colon

noun

The part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon.

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"Transverse colon" Quotes from Famous Books

... part of the ileum, the head of the colon, and the appendix vermiformis. The right colic artery forms arches, from which branches are distributed to the ascending colon. The colica media separates into two branches, one of which is sent to the right portion of the transverse colon, the other to the left. In its course, the superior hemorrhoidal artery divides into two branches, which enter the intestine from behind, and embrace it on all sides, almost ...

— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce

... trotting, giving your friends a good view of the country between yourself and your horse, then leaping stone walls, breaking your collar-bone in four places, pulling out one eye and leaving it hanging on a plum tree, or going home at night with your transverse colon wrapped around the pommel of your saddle and your liver in an old ...

— Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) • Bill Nye

Words linked to "Transverse colon" : colon, large intestine