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cecum::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blind gut, caecum |
| Type of | cavum, bodily cavity, cavity |
| Derivation | cecal |
the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum.
Examples of cecum
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The bacteria are either housed in the multi-chambered stomach or in a large cecum.
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A sigmoidoscopy would have been completely useless, since it doesn't reach the cecum.
From the latimes.com
The cecum contains bacteria that help break down food and produce vitamins.
From the washingtonpost.com
The small intestine has a mean length of 5.36 metres, and lacks a cecum.
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This means that most of their digestion takes place in their large intestine and cecum.
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In ruminant grazing animals, the cecum empties into the spiral colon.
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Glucoraphanin hydrolysis by microbiota in the rat cecum results in sulforaphane absorption.
From the sciencedaily.com
Like horses, they have a simple stomach, but a large cecum, in which they can digest tough plant matter.
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We found no differences between case and control groups in the presence of MV RNA in ileum and cecum.
From the healthland.time.com
- The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum"
- (cecal) of or like a cecum
- Alternative spelling of caecum
- Intestinal pouch located at the junction of larger and small intestines of non-ruminants. Functions somewhat similar to a rumen. Usually it is much larger in the hebivorous horse than in the nonherbivorous monogastrics.
- A blind outpocket of a hollow organ such as an intestine.
- A blindly ending appendage of the intestine.
