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Descending colon
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<p>In the <a href="/facts/Anatomy/p8TCWJuV">anatomy</a> of humans and homologous primates, the descending colon is the part of the <a href="/facts/Colon_(anatomy)/vQtlNBv9">colon</a> extending from the <a href="/facts/Left_colic_flexure/T1SP5KQr">left colic flexure</a> to the level of the <a href="/facts/Iliac_crest/VtJo4smJ">iliac crest</a> (whereupon it transitions into the <a href="/facts/Sigmoid_colon/vdrXYrG4">sigmoid colon</a>). The function of the descending colon in the <a href="/facts/Digestive_system/SdpF0sWq">digestive system</a> is to store the remains of digested food that will be emptied into the <a href="/facts/Rectum/caqqyk2e">rectum</a>. </p><p>The descending colon is on the left side of the body (barring any malformations). The term left colon is <a href="/facts/Hyponymy_and_hypernymy/bjxUuoRb">hypernymous</a> to <i>descending colon</i> in precise use; many casual mentions of the left colon chiefly concern the descending colon. </p>