| The descending colon is in the left side of the lower abdomen, and can be felt any time the abdominal muscles are fully relaxed. It hugs the left wall of the pelvis, and reaches up to the splenic flexure (a flexure is a bend in the colon, the splenic flexure is so called because it is near the spleen) which is just under the left rib cage. | |
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| Appendix Ascending Cecum Transverse Sigmoid Rectum Small Intestine |
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