title: [New aspects of the ontogenetic development of the human colon].
abstract: The parts of the fetal colon--later retroperitoneally located (ascending and descending colon)--were examined in 31 human fetuses in order to determine their ontogenetic formation, position, and dorsal attachment. The present data cast doubt upon so-called "descending of the caecum" described in current textbooks of embryology. Considering the literature available a new concept of the formation of the right colon flexure and the ascending colon is presented.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anatomie, Medizinischen Fakultät, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, BRD.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fröber
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kleta
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Linss
mesh_terms: D002432:Cecum / Q000196:embryology*; D003106:Colon / Q000196:embryology*; D005333:Fetus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Neue Aspekte zur ontogenetischen Entwicklung des menschilichen Colons.