The duodenojejunal flexure or duodenojejunal junction, also known as the angle of Treitz,[1][2] is the border between the duodenum and the jejunum.
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^Lissauer et.al. Neonatology at a Glance. John Wiley & Sons, 2020, p.125.
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The duodenojejunalflexure or duodenojejunal junction, also known as the angle of Treitz, is the border between the duodenum and the jejunum. The ascending...
intestine's first and second parts, respectively), as well as the duodenojejunalflexure to connective tissue surrounding the superior mesenteric and coeliac...
colic flexures, or curvatures in the transverse colon. The right colic flexure is also known as the hepatic flexure, and the left colic flexure is also...
showed the mesocolon to be a single structure derived from the duodenojejunalflexure and extending to the distal mesorectal layer. Thus the mesentery...
of the duodenum passes upward, joining with the jejunum at the duodenojejunalflexure. The fourth part of the duodenum is at the vertebral level L3, and...
at the suspensory muscle of the duodenum, a location called the duodenojejunalflexure. The division between the jejunum and ileum is not anatomically...
here it bends abruptly forward and to the left, forming the right colic flexure (hepatic) where it becomes the transverse colon. It is retained in contact...
point is often referred to along with Griffith's point at the splenic flexure as a watershed region. Due to the proximity of the anterior wall of the...
digestive system in that its attachment offers a wider angle to the duodenojejunalflexure for the easier passage of digesting material. The diaphragm also...
gutters. There are other smaller recesses including those around the duodenojejunalflexure, cecum, and the sigmoid colon. These gutters are clinically important...
the colon from the hepatic flexure, also known as the right colic, (the turn of the colon by the liver) to the splenic flexure also known as the left colic...
crosses the abdomen from the ascending colon at the right colic flexure (hepatic flexure) with a downward convexity to the descending colon where it curves...
Ascending colon (ascending in the back wall of the abdomen) Right colic flexure (flexed portion of the ascending and transverse colon apparent to the liver)...
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