vermiform appendix (redirected from Human appendix)

vermiform appendix n. A narrow vestigial process projecting from the cecum in the lower right-hand part of the abdomen of some mammals, including humans. Also called vermiform process.

vermiform appendix healthy appendix extending from the large intestine (top); an inflamed appendix (bottom)

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vermiform appendix, process

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a wormlike pouch extending from the lower end of the caecum in some mammals. In man it is vestigial Also called appendix

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vermiform appendix  (vûrm-fôrm)

See appendix.

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vermiform appendix - a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch cecal appendage, vermiform process, appendix appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" blind gut, caecum, cecum - the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum"