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  2. Cecum - Wikipedia

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    The cecum or caecum is a pouch within the peritoneum that is considered to be the beginning of the large intestine. [1] It is typically located on the right side of the body (the same side of the body as the appendix, to which it is joined). The word cecum (/ ˈ s iː k əm /, plural ceca / ˈ s iː k ə /) stems from the Latin caecus meaning ...

  3. Putrefaction - Wikipedia

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    The breakdown of the proteins of a decomposing body is a spontaneous process. Protein hydrolysis is accelerated as the anaerobic bacteria of the digestive tract consume, digest, and excrete the cellular proteins of the body. Putrefaction in human hands after several days of one of the Oba Chandler victims underwater in Florida, United States

  4. Large intestine - Wikipedia

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    It is connected to the small intestine by a section of bowel called the cecum. The ascending colon runs upwards through the abdominal cavity toward the transverse colon for approximately eight inches (20 cm). One of the main functions of the colon is to remove the water and other key nutrients from waste material and recycle it.

  5. List of -ectomies - Wikipedia

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    Adrenalectomy is the removal of one or both adrenal glands. Aneurysmectomy is the resection or removal of an aneurysm. [1] Apicoectomy is the surgical removal of tooth's root tip. Appendectomy is the surgical removal of the appendix; it is also known as an appendicectomy. Arthrectomy is the removal of a joint of the body.

  6. Appendix (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    The cecum is a pouch-like structure of the large intestine, located at the junction of the small and the large intestines. The term "vermiform" comes from Latin and means "worm-shaped". The appendix was once considered a vestigial organ, but this view has changed since the early 2000s.

  7. Ascites - Wikipedia

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    Ascites (/ ə ˈ s aɪ t i z /; [5] Greek: ἀσκός, romanized: askos, meaning "bag" or "sac" [6]) is the abnormal build-up of fluid in the abdomen. [1] Technically, it is more than 25 ml of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, although volumes greater than one liter may occur. [4]

  8. Erythrocytapheresis - Wikipedia

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    Erythrocytapheresis can also be used for blood donations. The procedure is commonly done using automated red blood cell collection which involves the removal of two units of red blood cells. This includes either two standard units of red blood cells or one unit plus of red blood cells and another of either plasma or platelets.

  9. Greater omentum - Wikipedia

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    The right and left gastroepiploic arteries (also known as gastroomental) provide the sole blood supply to the greater omentum. Both are branches of the celiac trunk . The right gastroepiploic artery is a branch of the gastroduodenal artery , which is a branch of the common hepatic artery , which is a branch of the celiac trunk.