loading...| Preferred Name | caecum | |
| Synonyms |
ceca caeca blindgut intestinum caecum blind intestine intestinum crassum cecum caecum cecum intestinum crassum caecum |
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| 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. Kardong: in some herbivorous lizards, a cecum is present between small and large intestines |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001153 |
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| comment |
Kardong: in some herbivorous lizards, a cecum is present between small and large intestines |
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| database_cross_reference |
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0007531 http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181256004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecum EFO:0000850 OpenCyc:Mx4rve6u4JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA MIAA:0000288 EHDAA2:0000206 MA:0000334 FMA:14541 VHOG:0001559 BTO:0000166 NCIT:C12381 CALOHA:TS-0122 UMLS:C0007531 EV:0100397 galen:Cecum MESH:A03.492.411.495.209 EHDAA:3913 GAID:307 EMAPA:35197 |
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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. Kardong: in some herbivorous lizards, a cecum is present between small and large intestines |
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| depicted_by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Stomach_colon_rectum_diagram.svg |
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| has exact synonym |
caecum cecum intestinum crassum caecum |
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| has narrow synonym |
ceca caeca |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
blindgut intestinum caecum blind intestine intestinum crassum cecum |
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| id |
UBERON:0001153 |
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| inSubset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim |
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| label |
caecum |
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| notation |
UBERON:0001153 |
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| prefLabel |
caecum |
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| UBPROP_0000007 |
caecal |
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| UBPROP_0000008 |
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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