Severity of mucosal inflammation was evaluated using the Mayo score of endoscopic index at each location (rectum, sigmoid colon, descending colon, and the oral side of the splenic flexure) in each ...

Spiral flexure bearings are pretty cool 😎 #shorts ...

This article was originally published with the title “The Origin of the Sigmoid Flexure and the Appendicula Vermiformis of the Human Colon” inSA Supplements Vol. 35 No. 908supp(May 1893), p ...

Based on: A Treatise on Diseases of the Rectum, Anus and Sigmoid Flexure. By Joseph M. Mathews, M.I)., Professor of Surgery, and Clinical Lecturer on Diseases of the Rectum, at the Kentucky School ...

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A 6-week-old infant was seen in our emergency department with his family, who reported him to be lethargic and unwell; his abdomen was distended and he had not passed faeces for 4 days.

A shilling and a sixpence, arrested in the bowel at the seat of the stricture; perforation of bowel and escape of fæcal fluid beneath the iliac fascia; pyæmic abscesses and secondary deposit of cancer ...

The S-shaped sigmoid flexure of the penis is an anatomical feature in ruminants that produces a restriction where stones lodge as they pass from the bladder to the outside.

A treatise on diseases of the rectum, anus, and sigmoid flexure by Mathews, Joseph McDowell, 1847-1928 Publication date 1892 Publisher New York, D. Appleton and company Collection library_of_congress; ...

Splenic flexure is a bend in your colon. Learn about where it is, why it's important for your health, and what conditions can affect it.