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Results 1 - 10 of 37 for colon
  1. Colon cancer - series (image) 
    The colon, or large intestine, is a muscular tube that begins at the end of the small intestine and ends at the rectum. The colon absorbs water from liquid stool that is delivered ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100157_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Colon diverticula - series (image) 
    The colon, or large intestine, is a muscular tube that begins at the end of the small intestine and runs to the rectum. The colon absorbs water from liquid stool that is delivered ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100158_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Large intestine (colon) (image) 
    ... ascending, transverse, descending and sigmoid portions of the colon, and finally into the rectum. From the rectum, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19220.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Sigmoid colon cancer - x-ray (image) 
    Images ... A barium enema in a patient with cancer of the large bowel (sigmoid area).
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1198.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Structure of the colon (image) 
    Images ... The large intestine is a long hollow organ lined with mucous membrane (mucosa). Muscle layers wrap around the entire length and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19218.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Colon culture (image) 
    Images ... When polyps are discovered in a sigmoidoscopy (an inspection of the lower third of the large intestine), they are retrieved to ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/9246.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Large bowel resection - series (image) 
    The large bowel [large intestine or the colon] is part of the digestive system. It runs from the small intestine to the rectum. It is made up of three portions; the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100089_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Colostomy - series (image) 
    The colon, or large intestine, is a digestive organ located in the abdomen. The large intestine begins at the ... drainage of stool (feces) from the large intestine (colon). Colostomies are usually performed after the diseased colon ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100011_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Intestinal obstruction repair - series (image) 
    ... of the small intestine and the large intestine (colon). The small intestine runs from the stomach to the large intestine. The colon runs from the end of the small intestine ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100116_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Inflammatory bowel disease - series (image) 
    ... which leads to the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, and finally, the rectum and anus. The GI ... becomes inflamed, leading to ulcers and bleeding. The colon is most often the site of this inflammation. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100171_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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