appendix
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Your appendix is a small, tube-shaped part of your intestines that connects to the cecum (the beginning of your large intestine). While its exact purpose in humans isn't entirely clear, it can become infected or inflamed, causing appendicitis, which requires medical attention.
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The appendix (pl.: appendices or appendixes; also vermiform appendix; cecal (or caecal, cæcal) appendix; vermix; or vermiform process) is a finger-like, blind-ended tube connected to the cecum.
The cecum is a pouch-like structure of the large intestine, located at the junction of the small and the large intestines. The term "vermiform" comes from Latin and means "worm-shaped". While the appendix is considered vestigial, it may serve a reduced function as a reservoir for beneficial gut bacteria.