Colic flexures
| Colic flexures | |
|---|---|
The hepatic and splenic flexures labelled at either side of transverse colon | |
| Details | |
| Precursor | Hindgut |
| Artery | Right colic artery (right flexure), and left colic artery (left flexure) |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | flexura coli |
| FMA | 14555 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
In the anatomy of the human digestive tract, there are two colic flexures, or curvatures in the transverse colon. The right colic flexure is also known as the hepatic flexure, and the left colic flexure is also known as the splenic flexure.