Ascending colon

Ascending colon
Drawing of colon seen from front
(ascending colon coloured blue)
Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for liver, stomach and large intestine
Details
PrecursorMidgut
ArteryRight colic artery
VeinRight colic vein
NerveCeliac ganglia, vagus[1]
Identifiers
Latincolon ascendens
MeSHD044682
TA98A05.7.03.002
TA22982
FMA14545
Anatomical terminology

In the anatomy of humans and homologous primates, the ascending colon is the part of the colon located between the cecum and the transverse colon.

  1. ^ Nosek, Thomas M. "Section 6/6ch2/s6ch2_30". Essentials of Human Physiology. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24.

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