Descending Colon

**Semantic type:** Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

**Definition:** The fourth portion of the large intestine (colon) that communicates with the transverse colon in the left-upper quadrant of the abdomen and the rectum below.

**Synonyms:** - COLON, DESCENDING - Descending colon - Descending colon structure (body structure) - colon descendens - descending colon