transverse colon
The proximal-distal subdivision of colon that runs transversely across the upper part of the abdomen, from the right to the left colic flexure. Continuous with the descending colon[BTO,modified]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transverse_colon BTO:0000272 ]
Synonyms: colon transversum
Term info
- FMA:14546
- MESH:D044684
- NCIT:C12385
- MAT:0000312
- MA:0001543
- CALOHA:TS-2052
- UMLS:C0227386 (ncithesaurus:Transverse_Colon)
- galen:TransverseColon
- Wikipedia:Transverse_colon
- EMAPA:35880
- BTO:0000272
- MIAA:0000312
- EFO:0000844
- SCTID:362163004
uberon_slim, efo_slim, human_reference_atlas
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Dickdarm-Schema.svg
uberon
UBERON:0001157
Transverse colon
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- proximal-distal subdivision of colon
- continuous with some descending colon
- develops from some midgut