The right colon consists of the cecum, ascending colon, hepatic flexure and the right half of the transverse colon. Chronic functional bowel obstruction can lead to fecal impaction and subsequent fecaloma formation. The ascending and descending colon are supported by peritoneal folds called mesentery. The rectum is the last anatomic segment before the anus. The entire colon is about 5 feet (150 cm) long, and is divided into five major segments. However, it has been reported as of a rapidly fungating type, following mucous colitis ulcers. As a rule it is of a scirrhous, adenocarcinomatous, slowly growing, slowly metastasizing, ring-constricting type. It allows a tension-free anastomosis and a proper. Carcinoma of the splenic angle is consistently one of the rarest of colon carcinomata, that of the descending colon alone being more rare. The proximal segment, the cecum and the ascending and. Acknowledgements Anatomy of Colon and Rectum Introduction: Take down of the splenic flexure is a crucial part of laparoscopic anterior resection. The splenic flexure marks an intermediate position in the colon both anatomically and physiologically.
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