The appendix is a finger-like tube in the lower right part of the abdomen. It is attached to the cecum, which is the first part of the large intestine, near the end of the small intestine.

Several living species, including several lemurs, certain rodents and the scaly-tailed flying squirrel, still have an appendix attached to a large cecum, which is used in digestion. Darwin had ...

The type of appendix that humans and some primates and rodents have looks like a little worm. It's about the size of your pinky finger, and it projects off the cecum, which is the first part of ...

The other sections are the appendix, cecum, and rectum. In healthy people, the colon looks like a U-shaped tube that is about 5 feet (1.5 meters) long. It makes up one-fifth of the length of the ...

Species with an appendix, they say, also seem to have high concentrations of lymphatic tissue in the beginning of the large intestine — called the cecum — that’s right next door to the appendix. This ...

The appendix is situated on the right, lower side of the abdomen. It is a tube-shaped piece of tissue that is closed at one end. It is attached to the cecum, a pouch-like portion of the colon ...

Appendix cancer originates in the appendix, a small, tube-shaped organ located at the junction of the small and large intestines at the level of cecum. Although the appendix’s exact function is ...

Given that the rat cecum is homologous to the large cecum in other species (like horses) or to the appendix in humans, one might expect to find it in the lower-right quadrant of the rat's abdomen.

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The human appendix is a small, muscular, vermiform or worm-shaped organ, averaging around 9cm in length, that is located at the junction of the ...