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APPENDIX VERMIFORMIS COLON [1 record]

Record 1 2015-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bowels
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A blind-ending tubular structure arising from the cecum.

OBS

appendix: frequently used alone to refer to the vermiform appendix (a. vermiformis [TA] of the colon).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Intestins
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

L'appendice vermiculaire ou appendice iléo-cæcal (qui est appelé improprement «appendice») est une invagination en doigt de gant de la partie débutante du gros intestin (cæcum), située à droite de l'abdomen.

OBS

L'appendice vermiculaire ou appendice iléo-cæcal [...] est appelé improprement «appendice» [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Intestinos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
DEF

Parte del intestino grueso en forma de saquito del tamaño de un dedo, sin función conocida en el cuerpo.

CONT

El apéndice cecal [...] está en la unión del intestino delgado y el grueso (ciego).

OBS

Puede infectarse ocasionalmente (apendicitis), en cuyo caso debe ser extraído (apendicectomía).

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