ileocecal junction
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001073
A point along the course of the gastrointestinal tract where the small intestine (ileum) ends as it opens into the cecal portion of the large intestine; occurs usually within the iliac fossa, demarcated internally as the ileocecal orifice. [ http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=46539 ]
Synonyms: ileocaecal junction
Term info
- MA:0000332
- SCTID:264021000
- EMAPA:37601 (MA:th)
- FMA:11338
uberon
UBERON:0001073
Ileocecal junction
Term relations
- anatomical junction and connects some large intestine and connects some small intestine
- intestinal junction
- connects some small intestine
- connects some large intestine
- only in taxon some Vertebrata