Tuesday, March 3, 2020

The shortest part of the colon is.. Ascending colon



The shortest part of the colon is:
a- Ascending colon***
b- Transvers colon.
c- Descending colon.
d- Sigmoid colon.

Anatomy of the ascending colon:
The ascending colon is the first part of the colon located in the right side of the abdomen and extends to the top starting from the cecum and ends when the colon begins to bend under the liver and gallbladder.
The ascending colon is about 15 cm long. The peritoneum covers the frontal surface, the medial and the lateral, while the posterior surface adheres to the iliac muscle, the lumbar ligament, the quadriceps muscle, and the transverse abdominal muscle.
And passes behind a bundle of vascular vascular under the ribs, and the nerves of iliac stenosis and inguinal and thoracic femoral and femoral femoral and reproductive.
The upper part of this surface is located on the renal fascia.
The outer serous layer of the ascending colon contains follicular follicles.