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Cecal: Pertaining to the cecum (also spelled caecum), the first portion of the large bowel, situated in the lower right quadrant of the abdomen.
The cecum receives fecal material from the small bowel (ileum) which opens into it. The appendix is attached to the cecum.
The word "cecum" comes from the Latin "caecus" meaning "blind." This refers to the fact that the bottom of the cecum is a blind pouch (a cul de sac) leading nowhere.
cecal /ce·cal/ (se´k'l) 1. ending in a blind passage. 2. pertaining to the cecum. ce·cal (s k l) adj. Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the cecum.
noun, plural -ca . Anatomy, Zoology . a cul-de-sac, especially that in which the large intestine begins. Also, caecum. Origin: 1715–25; short for Latin intestinum ...
Cecal: Pertaining to the cecum (also spelled caecum), the first portion of the large bowel, situated in the lower right quadrant of the abdomen.
ce·cum also cae·cum (s k m) n. pl. ce·ca also cae·ca (-k) 1. A saclike cavity with only one opening. 2. Anatomy The large blind pouch forming the beginning of the ...
[C18: short for Latin intestinum caecum blind intestine, translation of Greek tuphlon enteron] 'caecal or cecum — adj 'cecal or cecum — adj