A digestive cavity open at only one end; especially; the cecum of the large intestine

Cecum, blind outgrowth at junction of large and small intestines, terminating in vermiform appendix.

In the digestive system of animals, a blind-ending tube branching off from the first part of the large intestine, terminating in the appendix. It has no function in humans but is used for the digestion of cellulose by some grass-eating mammals.
The rabbit cecum and appendix contains millions of bacteria that produce cellulase, the enzyme necessary for the breakdown of cellulose to glucose. In order to be able to absorb nutrients released by the breakdown of cellulose, rabbits pass food twice down the intestine. They egest soft pellets which are then re-eaten. This is known as coprophagy.
The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; SYN. caecum, blind gut. + prikaži više