Caecal

Caecal or cecal (caecalis, ceecalis, etc.) is the Latin and French version of the designation for the Latin form of the anatomy of the cecum. And although the name in medical terminology is used much less frequently than the Latin and Greek variants, the term can still be used at an ordinary level in some cases.

Caecal as an anatomical concept describes the process of extension of the intestine beyond the colon or rectum, which refers to the so-called ileum of the large intestine along with the adjacent part of the sigmoid colon. The cecal is the connection between the sigmoid (the initial part of the large intestine) and the rectum. The sigmoid colon begins from the descent from the first bend of the colon tube towards the liver, and the rectum opens into the anal canal.

Although the general function of the caecal tube is to store the contents of the digestive tract, it is also an extension of the bacterial gastrointestinal tract and the main site of decomposition of food debris enriched with microorganisms. Although the proportion of remaining undigested food material is not as significant and unsatisfactory as in ruminants, the microbes contained contribute greatly to the absorption of nutrients. The caecal region contains the bulk of microbiological organisms involved in