Diagram Of The Hepatic Flexure. The common hepatic flexure syndrome symptoms are abdominal discomfort and gas pains. The left colic flexure or splenic flexure as it is close to the spleen is the sharp bend between the transverse colon and the descending colon.
The common hepatic flexure syndrome symptoms are abdominal discomfort and gas pains. The hepatic flexure also known as the right colic flexure is found in the digestive system of the human body and creates the bend in the colon that connects the ascending colon and the transverse colonthe name of this structure is influenced by its proximity to the liver the word hepatic comes from hēpar which means. It receives blood supply from the superior mesenteric artery.
The transverse colon extends from the right colic flexure to the spleen where it turns another 90 degrees to point inferiorly.
Parts of colon and rectum. It turns downwards as the descending colon which like the ascending colon is retroperitoneal. Duodenum jejunum and ileum 64 seer summary staging manual 2000 1 subserosal tissues include fat and flesh between the muscularis and the serosa. Cecum proximal right colon 6 x 9 cm pouch covered with peritoneum.