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Identification
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| Official Latin term |
flexura coli descendens 
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| Official subsidiary term |
flexura descendente del colon
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| Unit identifier | TAH:U16021 |
| Unit type | single |
| Materiality | material |
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Navigation
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| Link to the unit |
flexura coli descendens
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| Links of entity |
generic: flexura coli descendens
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| Entity-oriented links | Universal page Definition page |
| External links | PubMed |
| Partonomic links | Level 2: intestinum crassum Short Extended |
| Level 3: colon | |
| Taxonomic links | Level 2: junctura anatomica Short Extended |
| Level 3: zona continuentis | |
| Level 4: flexura colli | |
| Subsidiary language with Latin |
  
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Taxonomic definition
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| Taxonomic definition |
The descending flexure of colon is a flexure of neck [flexura colli ] which is emerging from the cervical spinal cord [pars cervicalis medullae spinalis ] above the fifth cervical vertebra [neuron ganglionare externum ganglii cochlearis ].
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Notes
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| The descending colic flexure marks the alteration of the direction colon between the descending and sigmoid colon (Musil et al. 2019 Bosn J Basic Med Sci 19:1-13). |
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Partonomy
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| TAH:E10200 |
 corpus humanum
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| TAH:U2275 | |
| TAH:U2594 | |
| TAH:U2612 | |
| TAH:U16021 |
flexura coli descendens SOS
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Taxonomy
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| FMA:62955 | |
| FMA:61775 | |
| FMA:67165 | |
| FMA:305751 | |
| FMA:67135 | |
| FMA:49443 | |
| FMA:5898 | |
| FMA:11337 | |
| FMA:14555 | |
| TAH:G16021 |
flexura coli descendens
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| Date: 20.06.2025 |