Where it is
On the right side, caudoventral to the ascending colon (dashed outline).
- Layer
- Organs
- System
- Digestive system
- Region
- Abdomen
What it is and what it does
The dog's cecum is a blind pouch at the start of the large intestine, lying caudoventral to the ascending colon, on the right side of the root of the mesentery. The ileum opens into the large intestine through the ileal orifice, and the cecum communicates with the colon through the cecocolic orifice. In the left-side view it is drawn with a dashed outline.
Worth remembering
The small intestine opens into the large intestine right next to it. Being on the right, it is drawn with a dashed outline.
Names
- Latin term: caecum.
- In Romanian: Cecul (Romanian page).