Tags: Anatomical Structure.
The splenic (or left colic) flexure is a sharp bend between the transverse and the descending colon in the left upper quadrant of humans. The left colic flexure is near the spleen and hence called the splenic flexure. There are two colic flexures in the transverse colon — the other being the hepatic flexure as it is next to the liver in the right upper quadrant.
