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cecum

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the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens

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the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum Source: Internet

As the waste material exits the small intestine it will move into the cecum and then to the ascending colon where this process of extraction starts. Source: Internet

Hindgut fermenters, in contrast to the ruminants, store digested food that has left the stomach in an enlarged cecum, where the food is digested by bacteria. Source: Internet

Most species have neither a cecum nor a clear demarcation between the small and large intestines ; the large intestine is comparatively short and only slightly wider than the latter. Source: Internet

The stomach of perissodactyls is simply built, while the cecum accommodates up to convert in horses. Source: Internet

The foramen cecum marks the end of this division (at about 2.5 cm from the root of the tongue) and the beginning of the terminal sulcus. Source: Internet

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