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caecum 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. cecum: the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum"
  2. (caecal) cecal: of or like a cecum
  3. Caecum is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Caecidae.
  4. (also cecum) A blind branch of the alimentary canal, present in many mammals and best developed in certain herbivorous species.
  5. a diverticulum on each side of the gut at junction of small and large intestines, for additional digestion
  6. lies between the ileum and the colon. The appendix is attached to the caecum, the appendix no longer serves any real function and can be removed without any ill effects.
  7. refers to a sack or pouch connected to the intestine of mammals. A caecum is usually found in herbivorous mammals and they house bacteria, which help digest the plant material that the mammal eats.
  8. A blind pouch on an anatomical structure, such as the STOMACH or MANTLE; see also TUBULE (figure: Teredinidae).
  9. English spelling for cecum (see bowel).
  10. Equivalent to the human appendix. This structure contains a diverse population of microbes that ferment material (mainly fibre) that the horse cannot digest with its own enzymes in the small intestine. ...
  11. hindgut stomach, able to digest leaves
  12. caecum (GB) / cecum (US)