The ascending colon travels down the left side of the abdominal cavity, and then it enters the pelvis where it becomes the sigmoid colon.

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The ascending colon travels up the right side of the abdominal cavity, not the left side, before it becomes the transverse colon and then the descending colon. The sigmoid colon is located in the pelvis, but it is a separate section of the colon that comes after the descending colon.

The Ascending Colon Travels Down the Left Side of the Abdominal