Editing Large intestine (section)

====Transverse colon====
{{Main|Transverse colon}}
The transverse colon is the part of the colon from the [[Colic flexures|hepatic flexure]], also known as the right colic, (the turn of the colon by the [[liver]]) to the [[Colic flexures|splenic flexure]] also known as the left colic, (the turn of the colon by the [[spleen]]). The transverse colon hangs off the [[stomach]], attached to it by a large fold of [[peritoneum]]  called the [[greater omentum]]. On the posterior side, the transverse colon is connected to the posterior abdominal wall by a [[mesentery]] known as the [[transverse mesocolon]].

The transverse colon is encased in [[peritoneum]], and is therefore mobile (unlike the parts of the colon immediately before and after it).

The proximal two-thirds of the transverse colon is perfused by the [[middle colic artery]], a branch of the [[superior mesenteric artery]] (SMA), while the latter third is supplied by branches of the [[inferior mesenteric artery]] (IMA). The "watershed" area between these two blood supplies, which represents the embryologic division between the [[midgut]] and [[hindgut]], is an area sensitive to [[ischemia]].