Colic flexures

Colic flexures
The hepatic and splenic flexures labelled at either side of transverse colon
Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for liver, stomach, duodenum, pancreas, colon
Details
Precursor	Hindgut
Artery	Right colic artery (right flexure), and left colic artery (left flexure)
Identifiers
Latin	flexura coli
FMA	14555
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

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.^[1] Note that "right" refers to the patient's anatomical right, which may be depicted on the left of a diagram.