2006-06-22 19:30:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
A CECUM is>>> intestine, muscular hoselike portion of the gastrointestinal tract extending from the lower end of the stomach (pylorus) to the anal opening. In humans this fairly narrow (about 1 in./2.5 cm) tubelike structure winds compactly back and forth within the abdominal cavity for about 23 ft (7 m), and is known as the small intestine. It is not only an organ of digestion (for that part of the process not completed by the stomach) but is the chief organ of absorption. By contraction of its muscular walls (peristalsis) the food mass is propelled onward and, as it is carried along, it is subject to the digestive action of the secretions of the intestinal lining as well as to that of bile and pancreatic juice which enter the upper intestine (duodenum) from ducts leading from the liver and pancreas. Innumerable minute projections (villi) in the intestinal mucous lining absorb the altered food for distribution by the blood and lymphatic systems to the rest of the body. Food continues to pass into the middle (jejunum) and end (ileum) of the small intestines. The small intestine joins the large intestine (colon) at the cecum in the right lower abdominal cavity.
2006-06-22 19:39:23 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 13⤊ 2⤋
part of the large intestine that acts as a major absorber of water from waste material in the large intestine. Appendix is attached to this part. Get more by visiting the Wiki : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecum
2006-06-22 19:34:21 · answer #2 · answered by sshahraz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caecum
The cecum or caecum is a pouch connected to the large intestine and the ileum. It is separated from the ileum by the ileocecal valve (ICV) or Bauhin's valve, and is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine and part of the colon.
2006-06-22 19:33:56 · answer #3 · answered by Sloe3D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the "pouch" that your small intestine empties into before the food continues on into the large intestine. The appendix is attached to the cecum, separate from either the large or small intestine.
2006-06-22 19:36:57 · answer #4 · answered by Brigette C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Is A Cecum
2017-02-22 18:54:56 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is part of the Large intestine/ Colon
2006-06-22 19:33:36 · answer #6 · answered by bozobabe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOUN: 1. A saclike cavity with only one opening. cecal, cecally, pl. ceca (-k)
2006-06-22 19:33:22 · answer #7 · answered by LC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
valve in the intestines.
2006-06-22 19:33:25 · answer #8 · answered by shoppingcartgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its in ur gut!!...begining of da laaaarge intestine!!.jus after da smaall intestine
2006-06-22 19:35:15 · answer #9 · answered by utter_trance 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
colon
2006-06-22 19:33:50 · answer #10 · answered by tansyangeni 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋