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Descending colon

Known as: Colon discendente, Colon descendant, COLON, DESCENDING 
The fourth portion of the large intestine (colon) that communicates with the transverse colon in the left-upper quadrant of the abdomen and the… 
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Blood supply aspectsBody partChromoscopyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology

Broader (5)

Colon structure (body structure)Gastrointestinal systemHindgutLarge Intestine

Narrower (1)

Left colic flexure

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2009
2009
Colon mustard oil instillation induced cross-organ reflex sensitization on the pelvic–urethra reflex activity in rats
Review
1999
Review
1999
Clinical applications of the Monti procedure as a continent catheterizable stoma.
1990
1990
Distension-induced secretion in the rat colon: mediation by prostaglandins and submucosal neurons.
1990
1990
Hypertonic fluid absorption from rabbit descending colon in vitro.
Fluid and solute movements across rabbit distal colonic mucosa were investigated to determine the solute concentration of the… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Electrophysiology of the human colon: evidence of segmental heterogeneity.
The electrical properties of epithelial cell membranes in human descending and ascending colon were studied using microelectrodes… 
1986
1986
Epithelial and subepithelial resistance of rat large intestine: segmental differences, effect of stripping, time course, and action of aldosterone
Epithelial and subepithelial electrical resistances of rat large intestine were measured by means of a 4-electrode AC impedance… 
1979
1979
Epithelial cell kinetics in the descending colon of the rat
SummaryEpithelial cell kinetics were investigated in the descending colon of the rat. The number of cells per crypt was found to… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Cell proliferation in the descending colon of dimethylhydrazine treated rats and in dimethylhydrazine induced adenocarcinomata
SummaryA stathmokinetic technique which has estimable precision has been used to estimate mitotic rates in the crypts of Lieberk… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
The gradient of electrical potential difference and of sodium and potassium of the gut contents along the caecum and colon of normal and sodium‐depleted rats
1. The Na, K and water content of stools, and of gut contents removed from the terminal ileum, caecum and colon were determined… 
Highly Cited
1952
Highly Cited
1952
The application of cytology in the diagnosis of cancer of the rectum, sigmoid, and descending colon
HE CYTOLOGICAL METHOD of diagnosis has T been applied successfully in the detection of cancer of various organs, notably the… 
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