Everything about The Transverse Colon totally explained
The
transverse colon the longest and most movable part of the
colon, passes with a downward convexity from the right
hypochondrium region across the abdomen, opposite the confines of the epigastric and umbilical zones, into the left hypochondrium 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.
In its course, it describes an arch, the concavity of which is directed backward and a little upward; toward its splenic end there's often an abrupt U-shaped curve which may descend lower than the main curve.
It is almost completely invested by
peritoneum, and is connected to the inferior border of the
pancreas by a large and wide duplicature of that membrane, the
transverse mesocolon.
It is in relation, by its upper surface, with the
liver and
gall-bladder, the
greater curvature of the stomach, and the lower end of the
spleen; by its under surface, with the
small intestine; by its anterior surface, with the anterior layers of the
greater omentum and the abdominal
parietes; its posterior surface is in relation from right to left with the descending portion of the
duodenum, the
head of the pancreas, and some of the convolutions of the
jejunum and
ileum.
Additional images
Image:illu_intestine.jpg|Intestines
Image:Gray989.png|Schematic figure of the bursa omentalis, etc. Human embryo of eight weeks.
Image:Gray1034.png|Front view of the thoracic and abdominal viscera.
Image:Gray1035.png|The epiploic foramen, greater sac or general cavity (red) and lesser sac, or omental bursa (blue).
Image:Digestive_system_diagram_en.svg|Digestive system
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