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Definition of Transverse colon
1. Noun. The part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon.
Definition of Transverse colon
1. Noun. (anatomy) A part of colon joining ascending colon and descending colon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Transverse colon
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Transverse Colon
Literary usage of Transverse colon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"The transverse colon is the longest part of the large intestine, averaging twenty
... In some cases the transverse colon may present a V- or U-shaped bend ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"transverse colon.—The transverse colon crosses the abdomen on the confines of
the umbilical and epigastric regions, its lower border being on a level ..."
3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"... held not more than two feet above the level of the anus, whence it will usually
pass along the lower and transverse colon into the ascending colon. ..."
4. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The Transverse Meso-colon is a fold of peritoneum which connects the posterior
part of the upper border of the transverse colon to the front of the head and ..."
5. A Treatise on the diseases of infancy and childhood by Job Lewis Smith (1872)
"Lower portion of the ileum, the ascending colon, and a part of the transverse
colon were invaginated in the remaining portion of the colon and the rectum. ..."
6. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"Place two ligatures round the transverse colon, to the left of the right flexure
of the colon, and another pair of ligatures round the left part of the ..."
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