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Definition of blind gut

blind gut
Caecum C[ae]"cum, n.; pl. C[ae]cums, L. C[ae]ca. [L. caecus blind, invisible, concealed.] (Anat.) (a) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct. (b) The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut. Note: The c[ae]cum is comparatively small in man, and ends in a slender portion, the vermiform appendix; but in herbivorous mammals it is often as large as the rest of the large intestine. In fishes there are often numerous intestinal c[ae]ca.

Meaning of blind gut from wikipedia

- system is also known as the coelenteron, and is commonly known as a "blind gut" or "blind sac", since food enters and waste exits through the same ****...
- rest of the bilaterian animals, have a single mouth that leads into a blind gut (with no ****). The genes emplo**** in the embryonic construction of the...
- ce**** comes from Latin (intestinum) cae****, literally 'blind intestine', in the sense 'blind gut' or 'cul de sac'. It is a direct translation from Ancient...
- Gut microbiota, gut microbiome, or gut flora are the microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses, that live in the digestive tracts...
- by the adults. Such larvae have soft bodies with no limbs, and have a blind gut (presumably so that they do not foul their cell). Adult solitary wasps...
- Paxillosida, wherein the mouth serves also as an ****, otherwise leading to a blind gut, similar to their Ophiuroid relatives. Their large coelomic cavity can...
- males care for laid eggs and young.[citation needed] The larva has a blind gut and the body consists of a head and its three pairs of cephalic appendages...
- the appendix may serve an important purpose as a reservoir for beneficial gut bacteria. The human appendix averages 9 cm (3.5 in) in length, ranging from...
- items such as molluscs. Brittle stars, which have varying diets, have a blind gut with no intestine or ****; they expel food waste through their mouth....
- alimentary canal of F. hepatica has a single mouth which leads into the blind gut; it has no ****. The mouth is located within the anterior sucker on the...