Ascend

• Ascending aorta
• Ascending cervical artery
• Ascending colon
• Ascending cholangitis
• Ascending lumbar vein
• Ascending palatine artery
• Ascending pharyngeal artery

Art

• Ascending and Descending, lithograph by M. C. Escher
• Ascent of the Blessed painting by Hieronymus Bosch

Astrology

• Ascendant (astrology)
• Ascending node
• Accidental ascendant
• Equatorial ascendant
• Ascending planet

Companies

• Ascend Communications
• Ascent Media
• Ascent Technology Ltd

Film & Theater

• Anna Ascends (play), play by Henry Chapman Ford
• Anna Ascends, 1922 film directed by Victor Fleming based on Ford's play
• The Ascent of F6, 1936 play
• Ascendancy (film), 1982 film by Edward Bennett
• The Ascent, 1976 Soviet film directed by Larisa Shepitko
• The Prophecy 3: The Ascent, 2000 direct-to-video fantasy film

Games

• Ascendancy (computer game)
• Everest Ascent, computer game

Literature

• Ascendance, fantasy novel by R.A. Salvatore
• Ascent of Mount Carmel, 16-century book by John of the Cross
• The Ascendants of Estorea, fantasy novel by James Barclay
• The Ascent of Rum Doodle novel by W. E. Browman
• The Dark Ascent novel by William H. Hunt
• The Ladder of Divine Ascent
• Ascent (novel), a 2007 novel by Jed Mercurio, set in the Korean War, and later in the final phase of the lunar space-race.

• Ascendant subgroup
• Ascending chain condition
• Gradient descent
• ASCEND, computer software for mathematical modelling

Music

• Ascendancy, album by Trivium
• Ascents, album by Dennis Culp
• A Briefing for the Ascent album by Daniel Amos
• Atlantis Ascendant, album by Bal-Sagoth
• The Lark Ascending, musical piece
• Steps Ascending, song by Thursday
• Ascend, a collaborative duo of Greg Anderson and Gentry Densley

Politics

• People's Ascent Party, Turkish political party
• Protestant Ascendancy, Anglican domination of Ireland

Spirituality

• Ascended master
• Ascension
• Brotherhood of the Ascended Christ

Sports

• Colorado Springs Ascent, American soccer team
• Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent, scuba diving technique

Television

• Andromeda Ascendant, starship in Andromeda television series
• Darkness Ascending, Babylon 5 episode
• The Ascent, fifth-season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• The Ascent of Man, documentary series

Vehicles

• Isuzu Ascender, SUV
• XP-55 Ascender, prototype fighter aircraft

Other

• Ascendency, ecology term
• Ascender, typography term
• Ascent of sap, plant water movement
• Climbing: First ascent, Jumar (climbing ascenders)
• Direct ascent, moon mission