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[[Image:illustration dog descending colon.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Illustration of the dog's descending colon - © RVC 2008]]

[[Image:illustration dog descending colon.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Illustration of the dog's descending colon - © RVC 2008]]

The following anatomical arrangement is found only in cats and dogs, see [[#Species Differences|species differences]].

The following anatomical arrangement is found only in cats and dogs, see [[#Species Differences|species differences]].

*The '''ascending colon''' continues from the iluem at the ileocolic junction.  

*The '''ascending colon''' continues from the [[Ileum - Anatomy & Physiology|iluem]] at the ileocolic junction.  

**It runs to the right of the cranial mesenteric artery in a caudal to cranial direction.

**It runs to the right of the cranial mesenteric artery in a caudal to cranial direction.

**At the cranial border of the mesentry it turns medially to become the '''transverse colon'''.

**At the cranial border of the mesentry it turns medially to become the '''transverse colon'''.