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Definition of Caeca

Caeca
Caeca C[ae]"ca, n. pl. See C[ae]cum.
Caeca
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 Caeca from wikipedia

- Look up caeca in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Caeca may refer to: the plural of cae**** (see pyloric caeca in humans) Caeca et Obdurata, a papal bull...
- A. caeca may refer to: An abbreviation of a species name. In binomial nomenclature the name of a species is always the name of the genus to which the...
- The ce**** or cae**** is a pouch within the peritoneum that is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine. It is typically located on the right...
- Acanthacaris caeca is a species of deep-water lobster. It was originally described under the name Phoberus caecus by Alphonse Milne-Edwards. Lacking eyes...
- Melaleuca caeca is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is similar to a number of other Western...
- The blind mole (Talpa caeca), also known as the Mediterranean mole, is a mole found in the Mediterranean region. It is similar to the European mole, differing...
- forests. Abisara caeca caeca (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Ituri and Kivu, south-western Uganda, north-western Tanzania) Abisara caeca semicaeca Riley...
- everted. The pyloric stomach has two extensions into each arm: the pyloric caeca. These are elongated, branched hollow tubes that are lined by a series of...
- Amphisbaena caeca, commonly known as the Puerto Rican worm lizard or blind worm lizard, is a species of worm lizard endemic to Puerto Rico. These animals...
- Tybalmia caeca is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Henry Walter Bates in 1872. It is known from Nicaragua, Costa Rica...