transverse colon
The proximal-distal subdivision of colon that runs transversely across the upper part of the abdomen, from the right to the left colic flexure. Continuous with the descending colon[BTO,modified]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the transverse colon is
The proximal-distal subdivision of colon that runs transversely across the upper part of the abdomen, from the right to the left colic flexure. Continuous with the descending colon[BTO,modified]. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the human body.
Where the transverse colon is
It sits within the digestive system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What the transverse colon connects to
The atlas records 12 typed relationships for it, across 8 kinds of connection. a kind of proximal-distal subdivision of colon.
Supply and innervation
Arterial supply: left colic artery and middle colic artery. Venous drainage: middle colic vein.
Also called
Also recorded as colon transversum. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001157, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- A kind of: proximal-distal subdivision of colon.
- Continuous with: descending colon and ascending colon.
- overlaps: hepatic flexure of colon and splenic flexure of colon.
- Supplied by: left colic artery and middle colic artery.
- contains: mucosa of transverse colon and submucosa of transverse colon.
- Develops from: midgut.
- connects: gastrocolic ligament.
- Drained by: middle colic vein.
Questions
Where is the transverse colon?
It sits within the digestive system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What does the transverse colon connect to?
A kind of: proximal-distal subdivision of colon.
Is the transverse colon the same in other species?
Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.