Found 2 items, similar to caeca.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: caeca
caeca
See
caecum
caecum
n : the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into
which the ileum opens;
“the appendix is an offshoot of
the cecum” [syn:
cecum,
blind gut]
[also:
caeca (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Caeca
Caeca
\C[ae]"ca\, n. pl.
See
C[ae]cum.
[1913 Webster]
caecum
\cae"cum\, n.; pl.
C[ae]cums, L.
C[ae]ca. [L. caecus
blind, invisible, concealed.] (Anat.)
(a) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or
duct.
(b) The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance
of the small intestine; -- called also the
blind gut.
[Also spelled
cecum.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The c[ae]cum is comparatively small in man, and ends in
a slender portion, the vermiform appendix; but in
herbivorous mammals it is often as large as the rest of
the large intestine. In fishes there are often numerous
intestinal c[ae]ca.
[1913 Webster]