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Vermiform appendix

noun
1.
A vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch.  Synonyms: appendix, cecal appendage, vermiform process.





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... out that many animals have such muscles at the present time, and it is argued that the ability of some men to move the whole scalp points to the existence of muscles with such function in our brute ancestors. The vermiform appendix in man is termed rudimentary, being but a remnant of the much longer and more complex appendix of the same nature in ...
— Evolution - An Investigation and a Critique • Theodore Graebner


Words linked to "Vermiform appendix" :   caecum, process, appendage, blind gut, cecum, outgrowth


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