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Definition of Caecum

Caecum
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 Caecum from wikipedia

- The ce**** (UK: cae****, pronounced /ˈsiːkəm/; plural ceca or UK: caeca, pronounced /ˈsiːkə/) is a pouch within the peritoneum that is considered to be the...
- The medulla oblongata or simply medulla is a long stem-like structure which makes up the lower part of the brainstem. It is anterior and partially inferior...
- Hepatic cae**** or hepatic ce**** is a name used in describing various physiological structures in some crustaceans, insects and lancelets. "Hepatic" refers...
- notch which is converted into a foramen, the foramen ce**** (or foramen cae****), by articulation with the ethmoid. The foramen ce**** varies in size in...
- blind spot known as the physiological blind spot, "blind point", or punctum cae**** in medical literature, is the place in the visual field that corresponds...
- Cae**** is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod micromolluscs or micromollusks in the family Caecidae or blind s****. This genus occurs worldwide...
- typically is about comparable to that of the rabbit's in size, though the cae**** is reduced to a single bulge where the ileum empties into the colon. Some...
- Cae**** elegantissimum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae. Cae**** elegantissimum (Carpenter...
- Cae**** brennani is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae. Raines & Pizzini (2009). Two new Caecidae...
- The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of a typical tetrapod. It mani****tes food for chewing and swallowing as part of the digestive process, and...