caecum
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- cecum: the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum"
- (caecal) cecal: of or like a cecum
- Caecum is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Caecidae.
- (also cecum) A blind branch of the alimentary canal, present in many mammals and best developed in certain herbivorous species.
- a diverticulum on each side of the gut at junction of small and large intestines, for additional digestion
- 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.
- 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.
- A blind pouch on an anatomical structure, such as the STOMACH or MANTLE; see also TUBULE (figure: Teredinidae).
- English spelling for cecum (see bowel).
- 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. ...
- hindgut stomach, able to digest leaves
- caecum (GB) / cecum (US)