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
Term information
- FMA:14547
- BTO:0000641
- Wikipedia:Descending_colon
- MA:0001542
- MESH:D044683 (https://github.com/biopragmatics/biomappings)
- NCIT:C12268
- SCTID:362165006
- UMLS:C0227389 (ncithesaurus:Descending_Colon)
- EMAPA:35285
- MIAA:0000313
- CALOHA:TS-2010
- EFO:0000845
- galen:DescendingColon
- MAT:0000313
uberon_slim, efo_slim, human_reference_atlas
https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/large-intestine-male/v1.3/assets/3d-sbu-m-large-intestine.glb
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Gray1223.png
https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/large-intestine-female/v1.3/assets/3d-sbu-f-large-intestine.glb