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Cecum: 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.
The cecum marks the beginning of the large intestine and is basically a big pouch that receives waste material from the small intestine.
1. the first or proximal part of the large intestine, forming a dilated pouch distal to the ileum and proximal to the colon. There is a great deal of variation in the ...
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary also cae·cum ( sē ' kəm ) n. , pl. , -ca , also -ca ( -kə ). A saclike cavity with only one opening. Anatomy . The ...
cecum /ce·cum/ (se´kum) 1. the first part of the large intestine, forming a dilated pouch distal to the ileum and proximal to the colon, and giving off the ...
cecum (anatomy), pouch or large tubelike structure in the lower abdominal cavity that receives undigested food material from the small intestine and is considered the ...