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descending colon

the part of the colon from the splenic flexure to the beginning of the sigmoid colon
Class type of: segment of colon, particular anatomical entity Q2562565

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
class of anatomical entity
Subclass of
segment of colon, particular anatomical entity[2][3]
Part of
colon[4]
Arterial supply
left colic artery[7]
Connects with
transverse colon, sigmoid colon[8][9]
Described by source
Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[5]
NCI Thesaurus ID
C12268[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en colon, descending en descending colon ar القولون النازل ar قولون نازل es colon descendens es colon descendente fa پس‌روده پایین‌رو fr côlon descendant fr côlon gauche he הכרכשת היורדת he המעי הגס היורד hu leszálló vastagbél hu vastagbél leszálló szakasza it colon discendente ja 下行結腸 ko 내림잘록창자 ko 하행 결장 pl okrężnica zstępująca pl Zstępnica pt cólon descendente
🔖 Identifiers · 16
OpenAlex ID
C2778292851
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/descending-colon
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
14547
Freebase ID
/m/0cdz3s
ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
453411773, 1614204137
ICD-11 ID (MMS)
XA2G13, XA7177
Interlingual Index ID
i66017
KBpedia ID
DescendingColon
MeSH descriptor ID
D044683
MeSH tree code
A03.556.124.526.356.500, A03.556.249.249.356.500
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778292851, 2909106013
TA2 ID
2986
Show all 16 identifiers +4
TA98 Latin term
colon descendens
Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID
A05.7.03.006
UBERON ID
0001158
UMLS CUI
C0227389

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🔗 Connections
Connects with 2
sigmoid colon, transverse colon
← Connects with 2
sigmoid colon, transverse colon
Arterial supply 1
left colic artery
Belongs to 1
colon
Part of 1
colon
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Summary

descending colon is a class of anatomical entity[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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