1. Extrémité.
2. (Au figuré) Supplément. En appendice d'un livre.
addenda · addition · allongement · annexe · complément · dépendance · extrémité · languette · nez · prolongement · queue · supplément · tentacule
ETYM Latin appendix, -dicis, from appendere. Related to Append.
1. A vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch; SYN. vermiform appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage.
2. Supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book.
3. Addition, generally to book; vermiform organ in intestines.
cecal appendage · vermiform appendix · vermiform process
addenda · addition · allongement · annexe · complément · dépendance · extrémité · languette · nez · prolongement · queue · supplément · tentacule
A short, blind-ended tube attached to the cecum. It has no known function in humans, but in herbivores it may be large, containing millions of bacteria that secrete enzymes to digest grass (as no vertebrate can secrete enzymes that will digest cellulose, the main constituent of plant cell walls).
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.
A narrow blind tube usually about three to four inches (8 to 10 centimeters) long that extends from the cecum in the lower right-hand part of the abdomen/
appendix · cecal appendage · vermiform process