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why caecum called blind part of large intestine

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Answered by vipbhai
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It receives chyme from the ileum, and connects to the ascendingcolon of the large intestine. It is separated from the ileum by the ileocecal valve (ICV) or Bauhin's valve. ... This function no longer occurs in the human cecum (see appendix), so in humans it is simply a dead-end pouch forming a part of the large intestine.
Answered by BrainlyRose
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Caecum: The caecum (also spelled cecum), the first portion of the large bowel, situated in the lower right quadrant of the abdomen. ... The word "caecum" comes from the Latin "caecus" meaning "blind." This refers to the fact that the bottom of the caecum is a blind pouch (a cul de sac) leading nowhere.

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