| Time and again, people are always overwhelmed | | | | minor part that is not likely to affect in the overall |
| by terms they don't know but are quite | | | | function of each body part while the left colic |
| important for them to fully understand. Most of | | | | flexure is placed near the spleen. |
| these terms stem from medical and scientific | | | | Being a bend in the colon, knowledge about right |
| fields that seem complicated but in reality, they | | | | colic flexure should be given more attention |
| are just simple things that you need to familiarize | | | | because serious illnesses can root from it. Some |
| yourself with so you will gain enough information | | | | of these diseases and possible illnesses may |
| once an emergency situation arises. | | | | include hepatitis inflammation of the hepatic |
| Today, more and more people are becoming | | | | flexure, hepatocellular diseases, hepatojugular |
| interested in discovering and rediscovering terms | | | | reflux (HJR), hepatolenticular degeneration, |
| so they can supply themselves wit knowledge. | | | | hepatoma, hepatomegaly, hepatosplenomegaly, |
| Aside from scientific terms and jargons, one of | | | | herniorrhaphy and the like. |
| the fields where people become interested in | | | | Among the so many complications that can be |
| discovering terms and jargons is in the field and | | | | associated with the right colic flexure, gallbladder |
| branches of medicine. These people find exposing | | | | denocarcinoma extending to liver cancer. The |
| themselves to medical terms because they might | | | | process in curing this illness may include what they |
| benefit from it in the future. | | | | call kidney knfiltration with PMN and plasma. This |
| REDISCOVERING SOME OF THE BODY'S | | | | process includes the transverse colon extending |
| "HIDDEN" PARTS | | | | from the splenic flexure to the hepatic flexure. |
| One of the terms that people are not familiar | | | | Using endoscope in the transverse colon, the |
| with but is quite simple is hepatic flexure or the | | | | process tries to negotiate with the hepatic flexure |
| "right colic flexure." Also known as "flexura | | | | so it may loop up into the area of a person's |
| hepatis," right colic flexure is part of a person's | | | | diaphragm. From here, the licenses physician will |
| body that refers to bend of the colon at the | | | | have to pull may the endoscope back so it can |
| juncture of its ascending and transverse portions. | | | | reduce the loop. |
| Also known as "hepatic flexure," right colic flexure | | | | Another disease that can be associated with right |
| refers to the junction of the ascending and | | | | colic flexure is called the perforated colon cancer. |
| transverse part of the large bowel that is situated | | | | This kind of cancer of the hepatic flexure is |
| anterior to the lower part of the right kidney and | | | | perforated and produces bacterial peritonitis with |
| inferior to the right lobe of the liver. | | | | abundant bile as well. Aside from the right colic |
| In a person's body, there in lies two flexures | | | | flexure, other areas affected may include the |
| associated that are associated with the colon: the | | | | caecum, the ascending colon, the transverse |
| right colic flexure or hepatic flexure or left colic | | | | colon, and the left colic flexure. |
| flexure or splenic flexure. The right colic flexure is | | | | For those people who know somebody that |
| basically the place in a person's colon where the | | | | suffer from complications of right colic flexure, |
| ascending colon turns to become the transverse | | | | extensive research is a must. Aside from in-depth |
| colon. In usual graphical presentations, right colic | | | | research, he or she should also encourage the |
| flexure is placed adjacent to the liver and is visible | | | | patient to attend regular visits to the doctor and |
| but not labeled because this is considered as a | | | | follow specific instructions in curing the illness. |