Vermiform-appendix


noun, Anatomy, Zoology.
1.
a narrow, blind tube protruding from the cecum, having no known useful function, in humans being 3 to 4 inches (8 to 10 cm) long and situated in the lower right-hand part of the abdomen.
vermiform appendix
noun
1.
a wormlike pouch extending from the lower end of the caecum in some mammals. In man it is vestigial Also called appendix

vermiform appendix n.
A wormlike intestinal diverticulum starting from the blind end of the cecum in the lower right-hand part of the abdomen and ending in a blind extremity.
vermiform appendix
(vûr’mə-fôrm’)
See appendix.

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