"Caecum" redirects here. For the genus of sea snails, see Caecum (genus). For other taxonomic uses, see List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names.
Not to be confused with sacrum.
Cecum
The cecum, here in red, lies at the start of the large intestines, which are shown with the rest of the human gastrointestinal tract in this image.
Superior ileocecal fossa (cecum labeled at bottom left)
Details
Precursor
Midgut
Part of
Large intestine
System
Gastrointestinal
Location
Lower right part of the abdomen.
Identifiers
Latin
caecum
MeSH
D002432
TA98
A05.7.02.001
TA2
2970
FMA
14541
Anatomical terminology
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The cecum or caecum is a pouch within the peritoneum that is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine.[1] It is typically located on the right side of the body (the same side of the body as the appendix, to which it is joined). The word cecum (/ˈsiːkəm/, plural ceca/ˈsiːkə/) stems from the Latin caecus meaning blind.
It receives chyme from the ileum, and connects to the ascending colon of the large intestine. It is separated from the ileum by the ileocecal valve (ICV) or Bauhin's valve. It is also separated from the colon by the cecocolic junction. While the cecum is usually intraperitoneal, the ascending colon is retroperitoneal.[2]
In herbivores, the cecum stores food material where bacteria are able to break down the cellulose. In humans, the cecum is involved in absorption of salts and electrolytes and lubricates the solid waste that passes into the large intestine.[3]
^Stedman, Thomas (2000). Stedman's medical dictionary. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 915. ISBN 978-0-683-40007-6. OCLC 42772946. large i[ntestine], the portion of the digestive tube extending from the ileocecal valve to the anus; it comprises the cecum, colon, rectum, and anal canal
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...
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...
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...
jejunum. The ileum follows the duodenum and jejunum and is separated from the cecum by the ileocecal valve (ICV). In humans, the ileum is about 2–4 m long,...
used, along with the appendiceal orifice, in the identification of the cecum. This is important as it indicates that a complete colonoscopy has been...
digestive organs that follow the small intestine: the large intestine and cecum. Examples of hindgut fermenters include proboscideans and large odd-toed...
Hepatic caecum or hepatic cecum is a name used in describing various physiological structures in some crustaceans, insects and lancelets. "Hepatic" refers...
bascule is a cause of large bowel obstruction where there is folding of the cecum anteriorly over the ascending colon. It is one of two types of cecal volvulus...
arch starting at the cecum and ending at the rectum and anal canal. It also includes the appendix, which is attached to the cecum. Its length is about...
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...
intestine is subdivided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum. The cecum marks the division between the small and large intestine. The large intestine...
lower border of the pons in a small triangular area, termed the foramen cecum. On either side of this fissure are raised areas termed the medullary pyramids...
wall of the cecum; (c) posterior ileocolic, mostly placed in the angle between the ileum and the colon, but partly lying behind the cecum at its junction...
affected part of the intestines in adults is the sigmoid colon with the cecum being second most affected. In children the small intestine is more often...
the colon located between the cecum and the transverse colon. The ascending colon is smaller in calibre than the cecum from where it starts. It passes...
mouth-to-cecum transit time; guar, tragacanth and pectin being slower than wheat bran. The colon may be regarded as two organs, the right side (cecum and ascending...
acids, as well as any other remaining nutrients. The ileum joins to the cecum of the large intestine at the ileocecal junction.[citation needed] The jejunum...
ruminants, store digested food that has left the stomach in an enlarged cecum, where it is fermented by bacteria. Carnivora have a simple stomach adapted...
Neutropenic enterocolitis, also known as typhlitis, is an inflammation of the cecum (part of the large intestine) that may be associated with infection. It...
excreted, while the larger ones, mainly food, are sent to the stomach's cecum (a pouch with no other exit) to be digested. The sorting process is by no...
the ano-rectal junction. In zoology, the term hindgut refers also to the cecum and ascending colon. Arterial supply is by the inferior mesenteric artery...
known as the hindgut consists of the cecum, large colon, small colon and rectum, terminating in the anus. The cecum (called the "water gut" in old textbooks)...
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