CAECUM

cecum, caecum, blind gut

(noun) the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; “the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

caecum (plural caeca)

(anatomy) A blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.

Synonym: blind gut

Source: Wiktionary


Cæ"cum, n.; pl. Cæcums, L. Cæca. Etym: [L. caecus blind, invisible, concealed.] (Anat.) (a) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct. (b) The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut.

Note: The cæcum is comparatively small in man, and ends in a slender portion, the vermiform appendix; but in herbivorous mammals it is often as large as the rest of the large intestine. In fishes there are often numerous intestinal cæca.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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