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the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens
the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum
How To Use blind gut In A Sentence
- Their idea that the blind gut might have been a very important facilitator of social evolution is certainly well supported by their review of the data, " Martin said.
- These balls (caecotrophs) are formed in the blind gut (caecum) and are of vital importance to rabbits and hares, particularly in times of food shortage.32 Immediately after the balls have been excreted, they are eaten and digested for a second time in a special section of the stomach. Modern Science in the Bible
- In its internal anatomy, digestive as well as generative, the hyaena is nearer to the cat than the dog, but it possesses the _caecum_, or blind gut, which is so large in the canidae, small in the felines, and totally absent in the bears. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
