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cecum

pouch that is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine
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Summary

cecum is a class of anatomical entity[1]. cecum ranks in the top 8% of class of anatomical entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,381 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: segment of large intestine[3], particular anatomical entity[4]
  • Part of: large intestine[5]
  • Commons category: Cecum[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cecum[7]
  • Described by source: Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[11]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C12381[12]
  • Different from: appendix[13]
  • Connects with: ileum[14], ascending colon[15], colon[16], cecum[17]

Why It Matters

cecum has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] cecum is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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