| 1. | The ascending colon receives fecal material as a liquid.
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| 2. | 3 ) Can melena originate in the ascending colon?
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| 3. | The ascending colon is smaller in caliber than the cecum from where it starts.
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| 4. | It receives chyme from the ileum, and connects to the ascending colon of the large intestine.
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| 5. | Is there some distinction in appearance between melena that comes from the stomach vs . ascending colon?
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| 6. | The strength of the colon decreases with age in all parts of the colon, except the ascending colon.
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| 7. | The connection between the end of the cecum and the beginning of the ascending colon is called the cecocolic orifice.
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| 8. | These include the esophagus, pylorus of the stomach, distal duodenum, ascending colon, descending colon and anal canal.
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| 9. | Lesions are often multiple, and frequently involve the cecum or ascending colon, although they can occur at other places.
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| 10. | The life cycle begins with eggs being appendix and ascending colon, where they attach themselves to the mucosa and ingest colonic contents.
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