variants
or chiefly British caecum
plural ceca or chiefly British caeca
ˈsē-kə 
: a cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct)
especially
: the blind pouch at the beginning of the large intestine into which the ileum opens from one side and which is continuous with the colon
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This is the right side of the colon, which extends upward from the cecum.
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Cristina Mutchler, Health, 19 Oct. 2024
Dangling off the cecum, where the colon begins, the appendix is a hollow tube that secretes a fair amount of mucus.
—Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2020
The appendix is closed at one end and attached at the other end to the cecum, the pouchlike beginning of the large intestine into which the small intestine empties its contents.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022
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Cristina Mutchler, Health, 19 Oct. 2024
Dangling off the cecum, where the colon begins, the appendix is a hollow tube that secretes a fair amount of mucus.
—Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2020
The appendix is closed at one end and attached at the other end to the cecum, the pouchlike beginning of the large intestine into which the small intestine empties its contents.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022
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“Cecum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cecum. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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cecum
noun
ce·cum
variants
or chiefly British caecum
plural ceca or chiefly British caeca
-kə
: a cavity open at one end (as the blind end of a duct)
especially
: the blind pouch at the beginning of the large intestine into which the ileum opens from one side and which is continuous with the colon
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