National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: July 2, 2026
Id http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12265
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Preferred Name

Ascending Colon

Definitions
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.
Synonyms
Ascending colon
Ascending Colon
Ascending colon structure (body structure)
colon ascendens
ascending colon
COLON, ASCENDING
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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