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Preferred Name

Descending Colon

Synonyms

descending colon

Descending colon structure (body structure)

COLON, DESCENDING

Descending colon

colon descendens

Descending Colon

Definitions

The fourth portion of the large intestine (colon) that communicates with the transverse colon in the left-upper quadrant of the abdomen and the rectum below.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12268

ALT_DEFINITION

The fourth portion of the large intestine (colon) that communicates with the transverse colon in the left-upper quadrant of the abdomen and the rectum below. (NCI)

The portion of the colon between the left colic flexure and the sigmoid colon at the pelvic brim; the portion of the descending colon lying in the left iliac fossa is sometimes called the iliac colon.

code

C12268

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C157711

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C168656

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C193234

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C198975

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C168660

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C168664

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C168663

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C193006

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C168655

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C74456

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C168659

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C177537

Contributing_Source

CDISC

GDC

UBERON

mCode

DEFINITION

The fourth portion of the large intestine (colon) that communicates with the transverse colon in the left-upper quadrant of the abdomen and the rectum below.

Display_Name

Descending Colon

FULL_SYN

descending colon

Descending colon structure (body structure)

COLON, DESCENDING

Descending colon

colon descendens

Descending Colon

Is_Value_For_GDC_Property

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C70729

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C171435

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C156422

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C156421

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C177570

label

Descending Colon

Legacy Concept Name

Descending_Colon

Maps_To

Descending colon

Descending Colon

Preferred_Name

Descending Colon

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C12268

Semantic_Type

Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

UMLS_CUI

C0227389

xRef

UBERON:0001158

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C25763

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 UBERON LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 OBA LOOM
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MSTDE/MT020006 MSTDE LOOM
http://sbmi.uth.tmc.edu/ontology/ochv#C0227389 OCHV LOOM
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/RCD/7N314 RCD LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 NPOKB LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 CL LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 EFO LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 OAE LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 DOID LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 OBIB LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 HHEAR LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 OBA LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 UPHENO LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 NIFSTD LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 GENEPIO LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 MAXO LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 CCF LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 GO-PLUS LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 FNS-H LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001158 NMDCO LOOM
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNMI/T-59460 SNMI LOOM
http://purl.org/obo/owlapi/fma#FMA_14547 BIOMODELS LOOM
http://sbmi.uth.tmc.edu/ontology/ochv#22116 OCHV LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/EMAPA_35285 EMAPA LOOM
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#Descending_Colon SYN LOOM
http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma14547 FMA LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MAT_0000313 MAT LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MA_0001542 MA LOOM
http://www.co-ode.org/ontologies/galen#DescendingColon GALEN LOOM
http://purl.jp/bio/11/meo/MEO_0001041 MEO LOOM
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/LNC/LA16838-7 LOINC LOOM
http://radlex.org/RID/RID161 RADLEX LOOM
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C12268 BERO LOOM