overlaps overlaps develops from develops from Homo sapiens midgut transverse colon descending colon colic flexure splenic flexure of colon https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/large-intestine-female/v1.3/assets/3d-sbu-f-large-intestine.glb https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/large-intestine-male/v1.3/assets/3d-sbu-m-large-intestine.glb SCTID:245428003 left colic flexure The splenic (or left colic) flexure is a sharp bend between the transverse and the descending colon in the left upper quadrant of humans. The left colic flexure is near the spleen, and hence called the splenic flexure. There are two colic flexures in the transverse colon — the other being the hepatic flexure in the right upper quadrant. FMA:14551 splenic flexure UMLS:C0227387 Wikipedia:Splenic_flexure UBERON:0022276 flexura coli splenica left colic flexure NCIT:C12267 splenic flexure of colon