page_title: Colic flexures
hierarchical_section_title: Colic flexures
context_page_description: There are two colic flexures, or curvatures in the transverse colon. The one on the right, the right colic flexure is known as the hepatic flexure.
  The one on the left, the left colic flexure is known as the splenic flexure.
context_section_description: There are two colic flexures, or curvatures in the transverse colon. The one on the right, the right colic flexure is known as the hepatic flexure.
  The one on the left, the left colic flexure is known as the splenic flexure.
caption: Colorectal anatomy 
  (the splenic flexure is labeled at upper right, the hepatic flexure at upper left)
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