cecum
Sign in to saveThe cecum ( caecum, ; plural ceca or caeca, ) is a pouch within the peritoneum that is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine. It is typically located on the right side of the body (the same side of the body as the appendix, to which it is joined). The term stems from the Latin caecus, meaning "blind".
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The cecum is a pouch-shaped structure at the beginning of your large intestine, typically found on the right side of your body where it connects to the appendix. It gets its name from the Latin word for "blind" because it's a dead-end pouch rather than a tube that passes straight through.
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- Anatomy.Name
- Cecum
- Anatomy.Latin
- caecum
- Anatomy.Image
- Tractus intestinalis cecum.svg
- Anatomy.Caption
- The cecum, here in red, lies at the start of the large intestine, which is shown with the rest of the human gastrointestinal tract in this image.
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- Anatomy.Caption2
- Superior ileocecal fossa(cecum labeled at bottom left)
- Anatomy.Precursor
- Midgut
- Anatomy.System
- Gastrointestinal
- Anatomy.PartOf
- Large intestine
- Anatomy.Location
- Lower right part of the abdomen
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The cecum ( caecum, ; plural ceca or caeca, ) is a pouch within the peritoneum that is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine. It is typically located on the right side of the body (the same side of the body as the appendix, to which it is joined). The term stems from the Latin caecus, meaning "blind".
It receives chyme from the ileum, and connects to the ascending colon of the large intestine. It is separated from the ileum by the ileocecal valve (ICV), also called Bauhin's valve. It is also separated from the colon by the cecocolic junction. While the cecum is usually intraperitoneal, the ascending colon is retroperitoneal.