Cecum vs. Caecum — What's the Difference?

The cecum or caecum is a pouch within the peritoneum that is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine. It is typically located on the right side of the body (the same side of the body as the appendix, to which it is joined).

Variant of cecum.

(Anatomy)The large pouch at the beginning of the large intestine, located in the lower right-hand side of the abdomen. Also called blind gut.

(anatomy) A cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.

A sac or bodily cavity with only one opening.

A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct.

(American spelling) caecum

The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens;

The caecum, the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens.

The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens;