Cecum

"Cecum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The blind sac or outpouching area of the LARGE INTESTINE that is below the entrance of the SMALL INTESTINE. It has a worm-like extension, the vermiform APPENDIX.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cecum" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cecum" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 25 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2010 and 2017 and 2019
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