Cecum

Definition

A pouch in the digestive tract that connects the ileum with the ascending colon of the large intestine. It is separated from the ileum by the ileocecal valve, and is the beginning of the large intestine. It is also separated from the colon by the cecocolic junction.

UBERON:0001153 · Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology · CC BY 3.0 mapping unreviewed

Also known as caecum, cecum, intestinum crassum caecum — per UBERON

The Cecum is a part of the Digestive.

Also identified as

MESH D002432 per UBERON
NCIT C12381 per UBERON
SCTID 181256004 per UBERON
UMLS C0007531 per UBERON

Associated Diseases

Disease	Involvement	Source
Benign neoplasm of cecum	Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site	NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign neoplasm of cecum	Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site	NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Carcinoma in situ of cecum	Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site	NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Carcinoma in situ of cecum	Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site	NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecal neoplasm	Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site	NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum adenocarcinoma	Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site	NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum adenocarcinoma	Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site	NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum cancer	Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site	NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum carcinoma	Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site	NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum carcinoma	Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site	NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum lymphoma	Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site	NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum lymphoma	Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site	NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum neuroendocrine tumor G1	Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site	NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum neuroendocrine tumor G1	Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site	NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum villous adenoma	Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site	NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cecum villous adenoma	Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site	NCIT · CC BY 4.0

Procedures

Procedure	Relation	Source
Cecostomy	Procedure Has Target Anatomy	NCIT · CC BY 4.0