NOUN
- valve between the ileum of the small intestine and the cecum of the large intestine; prevents material from flowing back from the large to the small intestine
How To Use ileocecal valve In A Sentence
- She also had an unusual history of experiencing numerous intussusceptions near her ileocecal valve, but diagnostic x-rays were unable to demonstrate this.
- She separated the terminal ileum at the ileocecal valve and carried the large intestines to the foot of the table. BLINDSIGHTED
- Barium contrast studies and colonoscopy may show ulcers, strictures, a deformed cecum, incompetent ileocecal valve, or fistulas.
- The ileocecal valve is edematous and irregular, whereas the terminal ileum is spared.