overlaps overlaps develops from develops from Homo sapiens midgut ascending colon transverse colon colic flexure hepatic 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 UBERON:0022277 SCTID:245427008 UMLS:C0227385 flexura coli heaptica Wikipedia:Hepatic_flexure NCIT:C12266 right colic flexure hepatic flexure of colon right colic flexure FMA:14550 hepatic flexure Hepatic (or the right colic) flexure is the sharp bend between the ascending and the transverse colon. The right colic flexure is adjacent to the liver, and is therefore also known as the hepatic flexure. Thus, the left colic flexure is also known as the splenic flexure (as it is close to the spleen). The hepatic flexure lies in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen in humans.