Ascending colon 2959305 176588423 2007-12-08T16:47:21Z SieBot 4005189 robot Adding: [[dv:މައްޗަށްއަރާ ފަލަ ގޮހޮރު]] {{Infobox Anatomy | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = colon ascendens | GraySubject = 249 | GrayPage = 1180 | Image = Dickdarm-Schema.svg| Caption = 1: Ascending colon<BR>2: [[Transverse colon]]<BR>3: [[Descending colon]]<BR>4: [[Sigmoid colon]]<BR>5: [[Rectum]]<BR>| Image2 = Gray1223.png | Caption2 = Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for liver, stomach, and great intestine. | Precursor = [[Midgut]] | System = | Artery = [[Right colic artery]] | Vein = [[Right colic vein]] | Nerve = [[celiac ganglia]], [[vagus]] <ref>{{GeorgiaPhysiology|6/6ch2/s6ch2_30}}</ref> | Lymph = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = c_47 | DorlandsSuf = 12249866 | }} The '''ascending colon''' is smaller in caliber than the [[cecum]], with which it is continuous. It passes upward, from its commencement at the cecum, opposite the [[colic valve]], to the under surface of the right lobe of the liver, on the right of the [[gall-bladder]], where it is lodged in a shallow depression, the [[colic impression]]; here it bends abruptly forward and to the left, forming the [[right colic flexure]] (hepatic). It is retained in contact with the posterior wall of the abdomen by the peritoneum, which covers its anterior surface and sides, its posterior surface being connected by [[loose areolar tissue]] with the [[Iliacus]], [[Quadratus lumborum]], [[aponeurotic]] origin of [[Transversus abdominis]], and with the front of the lower and lateral part of the right kidney. Sometimes the [[peritoneum]] completely invests it, and forms a distinct but narrow [[mesocolon]]. It is in relation, in front, with the convolutions of the [[ileum]] and the abdominal [[parietes]]. ==See also== * [[Colon (anatomy)]] ==References== <references/> ==Additional images== <gallery> Image:illu_intestine.jpg|Intestines Image:Gray1034.png|Front view of the thoracic and abdominal viscera. Image:Gray1038.png|Horizontal disposition of the peritoneum in the lower part of the abdomen. Image:Gray1056.png|The duodenum and pancreas. Image:Gray1075.png|Interior of the cecum and lower end of ascending colon, showing colic valve. Image:Gray1097.png|Transverse section through the middle of the first lumbar vertebra, showing the relations of the pancreas. Image:Gray1124.png|The relations of the kidneys from behind. Image:Kidneys from behind.jpg Image:Digestive_system_diagram_en.svg|Digestive system </gallery> ==External links== * {{eMedicineDictionary|Ascending+colon}} * {{SUNYAnatomyFigs|37|06|08}} - "The large intestine." * {{NormanAnatomy|largeintestine}} ({{NormanAnatomyFig|cecuminside}}) {{Gray's}} {{digestive-stub}} {{Digestive tract}} [[dv:މައްޗަށްއަރާ ފަލަ ގޮހޮރު]]