cecum

cecum /ce·cum/ (se´kum)

1. the first part of the large intestine, forming a dilated pouch distal to the ileum and proximal to the colon, and giving off the vermiform appendix.

2. cul-de-sac.

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ce·cum or cae·cum (skm)

n. pl. ce·ca (-k)

1. The large blind pouch forming the beginning of the large intestine. Also called blind gut.

2. A saclike cavity with only one opening.

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Cecum

The beginning of the large intestine and the place where the appendix attaches to the intestinal tract.

Mentioned in: Appendectomy, Meckel's Diverticulum

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cecum

[sē′kəm]

Etymology: L, caecus, blind, blind gut

a pouchlike structure or cul-de-sac constituting the first part of the large intestine. It is inferior to the junction of the ascending colon and joins the ileum, the last segment of the small intestine, at the ileocecal valve.

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cecum [se´kum]

1. caecum.

2. cul-de-sac.

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cecum (sē´km),

n a cul-de-sac constituting the first part of the large intestine. It forms the junction between the ileum and the large intestine.

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cecum

1. the first or proximal part of the large intestine, forming a dilated pouch distal to the ileum and proximal to the colon. There is a great deal of variation in the relative size between species. The dog's cecum is a small, coiled organ. In the horse it is a very large fermentation chamber stretching from the upper right flank to the xiphoid process of the sternum. Birds are different again. They have a double cecum which appears to compensate digestively for the absence of a significant colon.

2. any blind pouch. See also cecal.

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cecum cupulare

one of the blind ends of the cochlear duct of the inner ear; attached to the cupula of the cochlea.

cecum vestibulare

the other blind end of the cochlear duct of the inner ear; begins in the cochlear recess of the vestibule of the osseous labyrinth.

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