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What is the portion of the colon on the left side in the digestive system?
Decending Colon
What abdominal quadrant best describes the location of the sigmoid colon?
The sigmoid colon is located in the lower left quadrant of the abdomen.
What organs are on the lower left side of your body?
i think the colon?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Organs on the left side of the body include (as the previous poster answered) the colon, the stomach, the spleen and left kidney. Also parts of the small intestines will be in the left part.As to the question of which organs are on the lower leftside of the body specifically, the descending colon and sigmoid colon (both are parts of the colon) would be the correct answer.
Into what three regions is the colon subdivided into Describe how each of these regions is oriented in the body?
The colon is subdivided into three regions: ascending colon, transverse colon, and descending colon. The ascending colon runs vertically on the right side of the abdomen, the transverse colon crosses horizontally from right to left, and the descending colon descends vertically on the left side of the abdomen.
Which organs lie in the left upper quadrent?
The left upper quadrant of the abdomen contains the pancreas, the spleen, the left kidney, the left adrenal gland, the left-most aspect of the liver, and the splenic flexure of the colon along with the left-most transverse colon and the superior aspect of the descending colon.
The heart is located above what?
The heart is located above the diaphragm and slightly left of the center of the chest, between the lungs.
Does the descending colon extend along the right side of the abdomen?
No, the descending colon is located on the left side of the abdomen. It starts at the splenic flexure near the spleen and runs down to the sigmoid colon in the lower left abdomen.
Where does the splenic flexure lie?
The splenic flexure is located in the upper left part of the abdomen, and it is the sharp bend in the colon where it transitions from the transverse colon to the descending colon.
Organs of the lower left quadrant?
Stomach, Small intestine, and colon
The colon travels upward from the cecum to the under surface of the liver?
The ascending colon extends from the cecum to the under surface of the liver where it turns to the left to become the transverse colon.
What does the spleen look like?
it is on the left side of our diaphragm..............
Does Bartolo Colon bat right or left?
MLB player Bartolo Colon bats right.
