The roughly horizontal ortion of the colon between the right and left colic flexures. image
Portion of the colon between the left and right colonic flexures, it extends transversely across the abdomen.
the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon
The part of the large intestine that connects the hepatic flexure with the splenic flexure and which lies across the abdomen from right to the left.
The second section of the colon, following the ascending colon and leading to the descending colon. It is called the transverse colon because it goes across the body to the left side.
portion of the colon that crosses the abdomen from the end of the ascending colon on the right side to the beginning of the descending colon on the left side
(TRAHNS-vehrs KO-luhn) The segment of the colon that extends from its union with the ascending colon to its union with the descending colon.
The part of the large bowel between the ascending and descending colon, lying in the upper abdomen.
the part of the intestine that lies horizontally in the abdomen, running straight across the abdomen from right to left.
part of the colon that goes across the abdomen from right to left.
A section of the colon (part of the large intestine) that lies across the top of the abdomen, and joins the ascending and descending parts of the colon.
The transverse colon the longest and most movable part of the colon, passes with a downward convexity from the right hypochondriac region across the abdomen, opposite the confines of the epigastric and umbilical zones, into the left hypochondriac region, where it curves sharply on itself beneath the lower end of the spleen, forming the splenic or left colic flexure. The right colic flexure is adjacent to the liver.