Sentence examples for vermiform appendix from inspiring English sources
noun
An organ consisting of a blind tube projecting from the caecum, without a known function.
The vermiform appendix is a diverticulum of the cecum.
The most familiar rudimentary organ in humans is the vermiform appendix.
Appendicitis is an inflammation of the vermiform appendix that may be caused by infection or partial or total obstruction.
For the Republican party, the 2012 platform debate isn't so much a vestigial tail as an appendix – not notes at the end of a book but a vermiform appendix, a dead-end tube.
By Graham Chapman Dear Sirs, I've had letter after letter after letter since you published one particular query that asked, "What should I do about my appendix on the Bakerloo Line?" Well, "Miss N.," I can only assume you're talking about an acutely inflamed vermiform appendix.
The human vermiform appendix is a functionless vestige of a fully developed organ present in other mammals, such as the rabbit and other herbivores, where a large cecum and appendix store vegetable cellulose to enable its digestion with the help of bacteria.
The human vermiform ("worm-like") appendix is a 5 10 cm long and 0.5 1 cm wide pouch that extends from the cecum of the large bowel.
The appendix is a vermiform organ attached to the cecum (Fig. 1) and was hypothesized to be a remnant of the cecum under selective pressure of diet.
Removing an appendix: $621.31.
