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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.
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… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Submucosal plexus and electrolyte transport across rat colonic mucosa.
Electrolyte transport across two preparations of mucosa from rat colon descendens was compared to determine what influence the… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
KININS STIMULATE NET CHLORIDE SECRETION BY THE RAT COLON
1 Short circuit current (SCC), transepithelial conductance and ion fluxes were measured across the isolated descending colon of… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Potassium transport by rabbit descending colon.
Unidirectional mucosal-to-serosal (Jm leads to s) and serosal-to-mucosal (Js leads to m) fluxes of potassium and sodium were… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Isolation of brush-border membrane from the rabbit descending colon epithelium. Partial characterization of a unique K+-activated ATPase.
The mechanisms of ion movement across the apical membrane of the colon have previously been investigated only in intact tissue… 
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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