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Caecum vs Appendix - What's the difference?

caecum | appendix |

In anatomy terms the difference between caecum and appendix

is that caecum is a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon while appendix is the vermiform appendix, an inner organ without known use that can become inflamed.

caecum

English

(wikipedia caecum)

Alternative forms

* * cecum

Noun

(caeca)
  • (anatomy) A blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.
  • :* 1970': After a preliminary course in anatomy it was found that '''caecum and transverse colon also provided excellent sites for excitation. — JG Ballard, ''The Atrocity Exhibition

    • Synonyms

    * blind gut

    Derived terms

    * caecal * caecally

    appendix

    English

    (wikipedia appendix)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
  • *, vol.I, New York 2001, p.244:
    • idleness is an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and spend all their days in sports, recreations, and pastimes […].
  • Specifically, a text added to the end of a book or an article, containing information that is important to but is not the main idea of the main text.
  • (anatomy) The vermiform appendix, an inner organ without known use that can become inflamed.

    • Usage notes

    The correct plural of depends on the circumstances. When referring to the text at the end of a book or article, the plural is usually stated as appendices, although often as appendixes. Either is correct in standard usage. In the sense of the organ, appendixes is the only plural. Compare vacuum, which can pluralize to vacua or vacuums depending on the meaning.

    Derived terms

    * appendical * appendicitis * appendectomy