The portion of the colon between the left colic flexure and the sigmoid colon at the pelvic brim; the portion of the descending colon lying in the left iliac fossa is sometimes called the iliac colon. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000641 ]
Synonyms: colon descendens
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cross reference
- galen:DescendingColon
- MIAA:0000313
- MAT:0000313
- SCTID:362165006
- EFO:0000845
- FMA:14547
- EMAPA:35285
- MESH:D044683
- MA:0001542
- NCIT:C12268
- BTO:0000641
- UMLS:C0227389 (ncithesaurus:Descending_Colon)
- CALOHA:TS-2010
- Wikipedia:Descending_colon
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, human_reference_atlas
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