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Q: What causes the transverse colon to swell and become hard just after eating?
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How long is the transverse part of the colon?

How long is the transverse part of the colon?


What are the symptoms of transverse colon?

The transverse colon is a body part, not a disease.


What are the 4 divisions of the colon?

There are actually more than 6. I believe they would be the cecum, ascending colon, hepatic flexure, transverse colon, colic (or splenic) flexure, descending colon, and sigmoid colon.


The colon travels upward from the cecum to the under surface of the liver?

The ascending colon extends from the cecum to the under surface of the liver where it turns to the left to become the transverse colon.


What cavity is the transverse colon found in?

The transverse colon is the part of the large intestine which connects the ascending and descending colon. It is in the abdominal cavity.


At the hepatic flexure the colon becomes the?

Transverse Colon


What is function of transverse colon?

The transverse colon function is to remove water and form feces. The transverse colon is so important to our digestive system it had two arteries to provide its demand of oxygenated blood.


What is the function of Transverse-colon?

The transverse colon function is to remove water and form feces. The transverse colon is so important to our digestive system it had two arteries to provide its demand of oxygenated blood.


What extends from the hepatic flexure and the ascending colon?

The transverse colon


What are the 3 divisions of the colon?

The sequence of the colon is: cecum with the attached appendix, the ascending colon, transverse colon, the descending colon, and the sigmoid colon (S shaped) and ends at the rectum.


What is between the cecum and the transverse colon?

The ileum


Is the large intestine part of an organ system?

The large insestine proper is composed of the (1) cecum, (2) appendix, (3) colon, (4) rectum, and (5) anal canal. The colon proper is composed of (1) ascending colon, (2) transverse colon, (3) descending colon, and (4) sigmoid colon. It also has two flextures or bends; the right colic flexure (between the ascending colon and transverse colon) and the left colic flexure (between the transverse colon and the descending colon). drazx is the original author of this answer. by sanket gupta kv No 1 ang