The cecum or caecum is a pouch within the peritoneum that is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine. It is typically located on the right...

finger-like, blind-ended tube connected to the cecum, from which it develops in the embryo. The cecum is a pouch-like structure of the large intestine...

Foramen cecum or foramen caecum (from the Latin caecus meaning blind) can refer to: Foramen cecum (frontal bone) Foramen cecum (tongue) Foramen cecum (dental)...

time through the GI tract, small particles of fiber are moved into the cecum (at the small intestine/colon junction), where microbes ferment them. This...

converted into a foramen, the foramen cecum (or foramen caecum), by articulation with the ethmoid. The foramen cecum varies in size in different subjects...

interchangeably but most sources define the large intestine as the combination of the cecum, colon, rectum, and anal canal. Some other sources exclude the anal canal...

The Foramen cecum, in dental anthropology, is a minor expression of the protostylid of the tooth. It is thus indirectly related to the five non-metric...

foramen cecum marks the end of this division (at about 2.5 cm from the root of the tongue) and the beginning of the terminal sulcus. The foramen cecum is also...

used, along with the appendiceal orifice, in the identification of the cecum. This is important as it indicates that a complete colonoscopy has been...

Hepatic caecum or hepatic cecum is a name used in describing various physiological structures in some crustaceans, insects and lancelets. "Hepatic" refers...