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What is a caecum?

What is a caecum? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (anatomy) A blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.
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Part of the digestive system including the small intestine, the caecum and the large intestine.
Decreases in ovary weight and increases in adrenal, caecum and spleen weight and ALT occurred at all doses.
In other species, an expanded region of the first part of the large intestine, the caecum, serves a similar function.
The stuffing is fed slowly into the casing, and pressed into the bladder or caecum.
One intact caecum shall be taken per bird, and samplers shall verify that the caecum is full or it shall be disregarded.
The midgut eventually develops into distal duodenum, jejunum, ileum, caecum, appendix, ascending colon, and proximal two thirds of the transverse colon.

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