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vermiform process
Vermiform Ver"mi*form, a. [L. vermis a worm + -form.] Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum. Vermiform appendix (Anat.), a slender blind process of the c[ae]cum in man and some other animals; -- called also vermiform appendage, and vermiform process. Small solid bodies, such as grape seeds or cherry stones, sometimes lodge in it, causing serious, or even fatal, inflammation. See Illust. under Digestion.

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- : appendices or appendixes; also vermiform appendix; cecal (or caecal, cæcal) appendix; vermix; or vermiform process) is a finger-like, blind-ended tube...
- and mammillary processes of the vertebrae The trochlear process of the heel The appendix, which is sometimes called the "vermiform process", notably in...
- vermiform process, and the ascending and transverse parts of the colon; lymph drains into the preaortic glands. The lymphatics of ce**** and vermiform...
- intestine Ce**** and ileum Ileo-cecal valve Ce**** Arteries of ce**** and vermiform process Inferior ileocecal fossa Endoscopic image of ce**** with arrow pointing...
- Haustra Arteries of ce**** and vermiform process. Details Identifiers Latin haustra coli TA98 A05.7.03.009 TA2 2989 FMA 14552 Anatomical terminology [edit...
- circulation. Appendix – The appendix (or vermiform appendix; also cecal [or caecal] appendix; vermix; or vermiform process) is a finger-like, blind-ended tube...
- Ileocolic artery Arteries of ce**** and vermiform process. (Terminal part of Ileocolic labeled at upper right.) The superior mesenteric artery and its...
- colon. Section of the human esophagus. Transverse section of human vermiform process. X 20. Section of mucous membrane of human ****. X 60. Janeway Jr...
- nodules of the large intestine are most abundant in the ce**** and vermiform process, but are irregularly scattered also over the rest of the intestine...
- structure later renamed choroid plexus, but sometimes referred to as vermiform process. Thus, there were three structures in the brain known by the name...