What is on the opposite side of the appendix?
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What is on the opposite side of the appendix?
Location of the Appendix:
The appendix is located in the lower right side of the abdomen. This is the anatomical right, which is the side that aligns with the patient's right arm rather than the right side from the observer's perspective.
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View this answerOn the opposite side of the body from the appendix, meaning the lower left part of the abdomen, is the sigmoid colon (descending colon). Also called...
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