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"the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum"nounthe cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum openstype of:part of:
Definition that contains cecum
- colon the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
- appendix a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
- ileum the part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum
- colonoscopy visual examination of the colon (with a colonoscope) from the cecum to the rectum; requires sedation
- cecal of or like a cecum
- arteria ileocolica an artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon
- ascending colon the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon
- caecal of or like a cecum
- cecal appendage a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
- colonoscope an elongated fiberoptic endoscope for examining the entire colon from cecum to rectum