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| Id | http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001153
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001153
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| Preferred Name | caecum |
| Definitions |
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.
Taxon notes: in some herbivorous lizards, a cecum is present between small and large intestines[Kardong]
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| Synonyms |
caeca
ceca
blind intestine
intestinum caecum
intestinum crassum cecum
blindgut
intestinum crassum caecum
caecum
cecum
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| Type | http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class |
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| 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. |
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| preferred label |
caecum
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| label |
caecum
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| comment |
Taxon notes: in some herbivorous lizards, a cecum is present between small and large intestines[Kardong]
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| prefLabel |
caecum
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| database_cross_reference |
EMAPA:35197
MIAA:0000288
EHDAA2:0000206
VHOG:0001559
CALOHA:TS-0122
Wikipedia:Cecum
galen:Cecum
NCIT:C12381
SCTID:181256004
MESH:D002432
EFO:0000850
BTO:0000166
UMLS:C0007531
EHDAA:3913
EV:0100397
FMA:14541
GAID:307
MA:0000334
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| notation |
UBERON:0001153
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| has_narrow_synonym |
caeca
ceca
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| has_related_synonym |
blind intestine
intestinum caecum
intestinum crassum cecum
blindgut
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| id |
UBERON:0001153
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon
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| part_of | |
| depiction | |
| has_relational_adjective |
caecal
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| taxon_notes |
A cecum is present in most amniote species, and also in lungfish, but not in any living species of amphibian. In reptiles, it is usually a single median structure, arising from the dorsal side of the large intestine. Birds typically have two paired ceca, as, unlike other mammals, do hyraxes. Most mammalian herbivores have a relatively large cecum, hosting a large number of bacteria, which aid in the enzymatic breakdown of plant materials such as cellulose; in many species, it is considerably wider than the colon. In contrast, obligatory carnivores, whose diets contain little or no plant material, have a reduced cecum, which is often partially or wholly replaced by the vermiform appendix. Many fish have a number of small outpocketings, called pyloric ceca, along their intestine; despite the name they are not homologous with the cecum of amniotes, and their purpose is to increase the overall area of the digestive epithelium.[2] Some invertebrates, such as squid,[3] may also have structures with the same name, but these have no relationship with those of vertebrates.
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intestinum crassum caecum
caecum
cecum
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