Thus a considerable lump may be found in the cecum or sigmoid flexure and the rest of the colon be comparatively clear of any gross accumulation.
Examination of guinea pigs that died of scurvy showed that the cecum was always full of putrefying feces.
Cohen and Mendel autopsied normal guinea pigs and found that the cecum was nearly always full of feces.
These two occur in the small intestine; a form intermediate in size may also be found in the cecum and colon.
The digestive organs were double and separate as far as the lower third of the ilium, and the cecum was on the left side and single, in common with the lower bowel.
The cecum is the gate-way between the large and small intestines.
The full force of the peristaltic waves from the small intestine with its onrush of fluid or semifluid contents subjects the cecum to great distention and strain.
The cecum is a large, blind pouch, one of the shortest of the several divisions in the continuity of the intestinal canal, which begins where the small intestine ends, and ends where the large intestine begins.
In order to understand why the disease localizes we must refer the reader to the peculiar anatomical construction of the cecum and the appendix, and their relation to other parts.
It will be well to remember that diseases of the cecumor appendix or both never cause complete obstruction, except in exceedingly rare cases where adhesive bands are formed, completing the cut-off.
The reader will see how very much like a blind pouch the cecum is, 2.
This point of the bowels, the cecum is more endangered from diarrhea than any other.
