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caecum
a blind pouch, open at one end
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
Intestinum caecum --> caecum
(Science: anatomy) a blind pouch-like commencement of the colon in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen at the end of the small intestine. The appendix is a diverticulum that extends off the caecum.
caecum Intestine; also see cecum.
calabar swelling Transient subcutaneous nodule, provoked by the filarial nematode Loa loa.
Calcaneus calc = heel bone.
regarding the caecum and appendix as part of the same unit organ, structurally ... This propensity for the appendix to be diseased, and possibly dangerously so ...
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The digestive tract includes, in order, the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine (with caecum or appendix), rectum and anus.
a chronic disease of cattle, sheep and goats, caused by infection by Mycobacterium paratuberculosis (M. Johnei) which causes a chronic enteritis affecting the small intestine, caecum and colon; the main symptoms are diarrhoea and emaciation ...
 See also: Intestine, Cells, Organ, Colon, Stoma
  
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