Ascending colon

Tags: Anatomical Structure.

The ascending colon is the part of the colon located between the cecum and the transverse colon.The ascending colon is smaller in caliber than the cecum from where it starts.

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artery: Right colic artery
Dorlands prefix: c_47
Dorlands suffix: 12249866
Gray page: 1180
Gray subject: 249
nerve: Vagus nerve, Celiac ganglia
precursor: Midgut
vein: Right colic vein

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