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Caecal: Pertaining to 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 cecum.
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.
Caecal: Pertaining to the caecum (also spelled cecum), the first portion of the large bowel, situated in the lower right quadrant of the abdomen.
Definition of CAECAL. variant of cecal, cecum. Browse. Next Word in the Dictionary: Caecidae Previous Word in the Dictionary: caec-All Words Near: caecal
Cae´cal. a. 1. Of or pertaining to the cæcum, or blind gut. 2. Having the form of a cæcum, or bag with one opening; baglike; as, the cæcal extremity of a duct.
noun, plural -ca . cecum. Related forms cae·cal, adjective cae·cal·ly, adverb post·cae·cal, adjective sub·cae·cal, adjective :10 :09 :08 :07 :06 :05 :04 :03 ...
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