Anatomy
descending colon
descending co·lon
Subclass of:
Colon structure (body structure)
Definitions related to descending colon:
  • The fourth portion of the large intestine (colon) that communicates with the transverse colon in the left-upper quadrant of the abdomen and the rectum below.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (colon, descending) The segment of LARGE INTESTINE between TRANSVERSE COLON and the SIGMOID COLON.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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