- Caecum
- The caecum (also spelled cecum), the first portion of the large bowel, situated in the lower right quadrant of the abdomen. The caecum receives fecal material from the small bowel (ileum) which opens into it. The appendix is attached to the caecum. The word "caecum" comes from the Latin "caecus" meaning "blind." This refers to the fact that the bottom of the caecum is a blind pouch (a cul de sac) leading nowhere.
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n.a blind-ended pouch at the junction of the small and large intestines, situated below the ileocaecal valve. The upper end is continuous with the colon and the lower end bears the vermiform appendix. See alimentary canal.* * *
cae·cum (seґkəm) [L.] 1. a blind pouch or cul-de-sac. 2. [TA] the first part of the large intestine, forming a dilated pouch into which open the ileum, colon, and vermiform appendix. Spelled also cecum.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
См. также в других словарях:
caecum — Ciego; fondo de saco. [A05.7.0.001] imagen anatómica [véase http://www.iqb.es/diccio/c/ca.htm#caecum] Diccionario ilustrado de Términos Médicos.. Alvaro Galiano. 2010 … Diccionario médico
caecum — 1721, from L. intestinum caecum blind gut, from neut. of caecus blind, hidden. So called for being prolonged into a cul de sac … Etymology dictionary
caecum — (US cecum) ► NOUN (pl. caeca) ▪ a pouch connected to the junction of the small and large intestines. DERIVATIVES caecal adjective. ORIGIN from Latin intestinum caecum blind gut … English terms dictionary
caecum — cae cum, n.; pl. {C[ae]cums}, L. {C[ae]ca}. [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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Caecum — (lat.), der Blinddarm … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
caecum — n. m. ANAT Segment initial du gros intestin, formant un cylindre creux fermé à sa partie inférieure, prolongé à sa partie supérieure par le côlon, et communiquant par sa face interne avec l intestin grêle au niveau de la valvule de Bauhin … Encyclopédie Universelle
Caecum — [zu lateinisch caecus »blind«] das, s/...ca, der Blinddarm … Universal-Lexikon
Caecum — ⇒ Blinddarm … Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie
Caecum — vgl. Zäkum … Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke
caecum — (izg. cȇkum) m DEFINICIJA anat. slijepo crijevo ETIMOLOGIJA lat. caecus: slijep … Hrvatski jezični portal
caecum — [sē′kəm] n. pl. caeca [sē′kə] CECUM caecal [sē′kəl] adj … English World dictionary
