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caecum

(US), cecum

Anatomy any structure or part that ends in a blind sac or pouch, esp the pouch that marks the beginning of the large intestine

caecum

[′sē·kəm]

(anatomy)

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Delayed Presentation of Perforation Peritonitis (Caecum and Ascending Colon) After A Blunt Trauma

A RARE CASE OF DELAYED PRESENTATION OF CAECAL AND ASCENDING COLON PERFORATION FOLLOWING BLUNT TRAUMA ABDOMEN

Preoperatively, appendix, caecum and ascending colon were not found in right lower abdomen and small gut loops were found in right lower abdomen (fig-1c).

LEFT-SIDED ACUTE APPENDICITIS - A PITFALL IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

When the droppings turn into bloody diarrhoea, it means the parasites have caused ulcers and other tissue damage in the wall of the caecum resulting in bleeding.

Vet on call: With chicken diseases, familiarity breeds cure

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Effect of Supplementation of Mannan-Oligosaccharides on Growth Performance, Viscera Development, Mineral Absorption and Caecal Microbiota of Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

Correlations between wet and dry digesta load in all compartments were not significant (r<0.5), except for correlations between wet digesta load in the rumen and abomasum, caecum and omasum, large intestines and colon which were significant and r>0.5.

Effects of roughage quality, period of day and time lapse after meal termination on rumen digesta load in goats and sheep

(a) Macroscopic lesion of the caecum showing ballooning condition (arrows) with bloody lumen.

Chicken Coccidiosis in Central Java, Indonesia: A Recent Update

The patient had a polyp of the caecum opposite the ileocecal valve identified by colonoscopy.

Instrumental Mechanoreceptoric Palpation in Gastrointestinal Surgery

The acute colonic pseudoobstruction (ACPO), nonobstructive colonic dilatation, or Ogilvie's syndrome is a rare entity that is characterized by acute dilatation of the colon, usually involving caecum and right hemicolon in the absence of any mechanical obstruction (80-90%), abdominal pain (80%), abdominal tenderness (62%), nausea and/or vomiting (60%), constipation (40%), and fever (37%).

Ogilvie's Syndrome after Cesarean Section: Case Report in Saudi Arabia and Management Approach

Operative findings revealed 5 x 4 cm solid thin pedicled, well encapsulated, and mobile mass arising from the caecum, without being adherent to surrounding bowel loops or other structures (Figure 3).

Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma Recurrence in the Caecum

There was no effect of any dietary treatment on caecum levels of acetate (Figure 4(a)).

Long-Term Dietary Nitrate Supplementation Does Not Prevent Development of the Metabolic Syndrome in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet

4 (A) Pyloric caecum and (B, C, and D) mid-gut of size class III pirarucu (anterior, intermediate, and posterior segments--S1, S2, and S3, respectively) showing simple (arrows) and complex folds (arrowheads).

Morphology and Histology of the Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) Digestive Tract/Morfologia e Histologia del Tubo Digestivo del Paiche (Arapaima gigas)

Sometimes it runs out to be gangrenous caecum, ileocaecal tuberculosis, Crohn's disease, Meckle's diverticulum, non rotated gut, volvulus of caecum, tubo ovarian mass, even ureteric stone.