Splenic flexure is a bend in your colon. Learn about where it is, why it's important for your health, and what conditions can affect it.

Splenic flexure syndrome is a non-life-threatening digestive system disorder associated with upper left abdominal pain and a sensation of fullness and swelling in the belly. Considered by some to ...

Splenic flexure syndrome is a condition that causes gas to become trapped inside flexures — or curves — within your colon. Your splenic flexure is in the sharp bend between your transverse ...

The splenic flexure is the sharp bend that connects the transverse colon to the descending colon. This bend is in the upper abdomen and forms a part of the GI system. It sits near the spleen, an ...

The descending colon is the third main section and connects the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon. It starts after the splenic flexure, or bend, and ends as it joins the sigmoid colon.

The cecum was deflated and untwisted 3 1/2 times, and the volvulus was found to involve the terminal ileum, cecum, ascending colon, hepatic flexure and right half of the transverse colon.

Rectal and left-sided colon cancers are not clearly delineated by location but rather are characterized by a range of distinct molecular variations, a phenomenon that has implications for ...

A patient who presented to the emergency department with severe, recurrent abdominal pain demonstrated Chilaiditi's sign, a radiographic term for interposition of the hepatic flexure of the colon ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MDMedically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD The descending colon is around 4 to 6 inches, or 10 to 15 centimeters (cm), long. The muscular colon is about 5 feet ...