ASCENDING COLON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ascending colon mean? 

• ASCENDING COLON (noun)
  The noun ASCENDING COLON has 1 sense:

1. the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon

  Familiarity information: ASCENDING COLON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCENDING COLON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ascending colon" is a kind of...):

colon (the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted)

Meronyms (parts of "ascending colon"):

arteria ascendens; ascending artery (the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon)

Holonyms ("ascending colon" is a part of...):

large intestine (beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces)

 Context examples 

A well differentiated, low grade neuroendocrine tumor (carcinoid tumor) that arises from the ascending colon.

(Ascending Colon Neuroendocrine Tumor G1, NCI Thesaurus)

The ascending colon of the horse.

(Large Colon, NCI Thesaurus)

A branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies blood to the terminal ileum and ascending colon.

(Ileo-Colic Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel running parallel to the ileocolic artery that drains blood from the terminal ileum and ascending colon into the superior mesenteric vein.

(Ileocolic Vein, NCI Thesaurus)