cecum
- n the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens
the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum
- If lack of the food to which the upper bowel is accustomed continues for more than a very few hours, those species of bacteria normally resident in the colon and cecum ascend .
- Then came a barrage of medical terms--villous, cecum, colectomy--each of which Speakes had to spell out painstakingly.