vermiform appendix
A blind-ended tube connected to the cecum, from which it develops embryologically[WP]. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6826-8770 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermiform_appendix ]
Synonyms: caecal appendix, appendix, cecal appendix, appendix vermiformis
Term info
- MAT:0000287
- NCIT:C12380
- CALOHA:TS-1267
- SCTID:181255000
- UMLS:C0003617 (ncithesaurus:Vermiform_Appendix)
- Wikipedia:Vermiform_appendix
- EV:0100080
- EV:0100076
- EHDAA2:0000588
- GAID:308
- MA:0001540
- EMAPA:35140
- VHOG:0001306
- FMA:14542
- MIAA:0000287
- MESH:D001065
- BTO:0000084
- EFO:0000849
- galen:AppendixVermiformis
uberon_slim, efo_slim, organ_slim, human_reference_atlas
Organ with organ cavity which is continuous proximally with the cecum and distally terminates in the tip of the appendix. Examples: There is only one appendix[FMA:14542].
A comparative anatomical approach reveals three apparent morphotypes of the cecal appendix, as well as appendix-like structures in some species that lack a true cecal appendix. Cladistic analyses indicate that the appendix has evolved independently at least twice (at least once in diprotodont marsupials and at least once in Euarchontoglires), shows a highly significant (P < 0.0001) phylogenetic signal in its distribution, and has been maintained in mammalian evolution for 80 million years or longer.[well established][VHOG]
appendiceal
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Gray536.png
apex of cecum, apex of caecum, appendix vermiformis
vermix
uberon
UBERON:0001154
vermiform appendix, Appendix
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_40674
Term relations
- anatomical entity
- digestive system element
- continuous with some caecum
- part of some large intestine
- develops from some midgut
- mucosa of appendix
- serosa of appendix
- appendix lymphoid tissue
- wall of appendix
- T cell of appendix
- appendix macrophage
- stromal cell of lamina propria of vermiform appendix
- dendritic cell of appendix
- plasma cell of appendix
- B cell of appendix
- epithelial cell of appendix
- vein of appendix
- arteriole of appendix
- muscularis mucosae of appendix
- lymphatic vessel of appendix
- appendix smooth muscle longitudinal layer
- appendix smooth muscle circular layer
- artery of appendix
- submucous nerve plexus of appendix
- venule of appendix
- myenteric nerve plexus of appendix
- submucosa of appendix