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vermiform appendix

Go to external page http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001154

A blind-ended tube connected to the cecum, from which it develops embryologically[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermiform_appendix https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6826-8770 ]

Synonyms: appendix caecal appendix cecal appendix appendix vermiformis

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, organ_slim, human_reference_atlas

latin term
appendix vermiformis [ FMA:14542 FMA:TA ]

depiction

https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/large-intestine-male/v1.3/assets/3d-sbu-m-large-intestine.glb

https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/large-intestine-female/v1.3/assets/3d-sbu-f-large-intestine.glb

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Gray536.png

external definition

Organ with organ cavity which is continuous proximally with the cecum and distally terminates in the tip of the appendix. Examples: There is only one appendix[FMA:14542].

has related synonym

apex of cecum

apex of caecum

appendix vermiformis

homology notes

A comparative anatomical approach reveals three apparent morphotypes of the cecal appendix, as well as appendix-like structures in some species that lack a true cecal appendix. Cladistic analyses indicate that the appendix has evolved independently at least twice (at least once in diprotodont marsupials and at least once in Euarchontoglires), shows a highly significant (P < 0.0001) phylogenetic signal in its distribution, and has been maintained in mammalian evolution for 80 million years or longer.[well established][VHOG]

id

UBERON:0001154

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_40674

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606