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appendix

Also known as vermix, caecal appendix, cecal appendix, vermiform appendix

blind-ended tube connected to the cecum, from which it develops embryologically

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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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24,133 papers

Anatomical Variations of the Vermiform Appendix.Acta medica academica · 2024Sakellariadis A, Sofou F, Chrysikos D et al.DOI: 10.5644/ama2006-124.461
Appendix Tumor Microenvironment.ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology · 2020Roncati L, Gasparri P, Gallo G et al.DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-36214-0_7
A review of the function and evolution of the cecal appendix.ReviewAnatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2023Smith HFDOI: 10.1002/ar.24917
Appendix and Ulcerative Colitis: a Key to Explaining the Pathogenesis and Directing Novel Therapies?ReviewInflammatory bowel diseases · 2023Arjomand Fard N, Armstrong H, Perry T et al.DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izac106
The Appendix in Parkinson's Disease: From Vestigial Remnant to Vital Organ?ReviewJournal of Parkinson's disease · 2019Killinger B, Labrie VDOI: 10.3233/JPD-191703
Imaging the Vermiform Appendix.ReviewRadiologic technology · 2018Penny SM
The vermiform appendix: an immunological organ sustaining a microbiome inoculum.ReviewClinical science (London, England : 1979) · 2019Vitetta L, Chen J, Clarke SDOI: 10.1042/CS20180956
Mucocoele of the appendix.Ghana medical journal · 2024Oyeh E, Nsaful J, Bediako-Bowan A et al.DOI: 10.4314/gmj.v58i1.15

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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.