caecum

Term ID

UBERON:0001153

Synonyms

• blind intestine
• blindgut
• caeca
• caecum
• ceca
• cecum
• intestinum caecum
• intestinum crassum caecum
• intestinum crassum cecum

Definition

A pouch in the digestive tract that connects the ileum with the ascending colon of the large intestine. It is separated from the ileum by the ileocecal valve, and is the beginning of the large intestine. It is also separated from the colon by the cecocolic junction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecum

References

• BTO:0000166
• CALOHA:TS-0122
• EFO:0000850
• EHDAA2:0000206
• EHDAA:3913
• EMAPA:35197
• EV:0100397
• GAID:307
• MA:0000334
• MESH:A03.492.411.495.209
• MIAA:0000288
• NCIT:C12381
• OpenCyc:Mx4rve6u4JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
• UMLS:C0007531
• VHOG:0001559
• galen:Cecum
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecum
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0007531
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181256004

Ontology

Cell Ontology