TRANSVERSE COLON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transverse colon mean? 

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

1. the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSVERSE COLON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("transverse 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)

Holonyms ("transverse 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 large fold of peritoneum that hangs down from the stomach, and extends from the stomach to the posterior abdominal wall after associating with the transverse colon.

(Greater Omentum, NCI Thesaurus)

The first part of the colon (large intestine) that starts in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen and ends at the transverse colon in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen.

(Ascending Colon, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the transverse colon.

(Middle Colic Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A major portion of the greater omentum between the stomach and the transverse colon.

(Gastrocolic Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)