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right colon
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The proximal portion of the colon, extending from the ileocecal valve usually to a point proximal to the left colic flexure; it develops embryonically from the terminal portion of the midgut and functions in absorption. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000649 ]