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nouna vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
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nounsupplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a booktype of:
Definition that contains appendix
- gloss an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
- appendicitis inflammation of the vermiform appendix
- appendectomy surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
- glossary an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
- appendicectomy surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
- ileocolic artery an artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon
- appendicular artery the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the vermiform appendix
- ileocolic vein a vein that drains the end of the ileum and the appendix and the cecum and the lower part of the ascending colon
- arteria appendicularis the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the vermiform appendix
- vena ileocolica a vein that drains the end of the ileum and the appendix and the cecum and the lower part of the ascending colon