Corpus: Ascending colon

The ascending colon is the part of the colon that is located between the caecum and the right colonic flexure (flexura coli dextra). It is located secondarily retroperitoneally.

The lumen of the ascending colon is smaller than that of the caecum, from which this part of the colon emerges seamlessly. The ascending colon rises almost vertically from the caecum to the lower surface of the right lobe of the liver, where it leaves a shallow indentation, the impressio colica, to the right of the gallbladder. Here the ascending colon merges into the transverse colon in a sharp bend, the flexura coli dextra.

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