inferior duodenal flexure

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Introduction

The bend at the junction of the descending & horizontal parts of the duodenum.

  • occasionally a bend, the left inferior duodenal flexure, occurs at the junction of the descending & horizontal parts.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.