PATHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Description. Cecum, also spelled caecum, is the principal area of the digestive organ and is a pocket or large cylinder-like structure in the lower stomach cavity that collects undigested food items from the small digestive system.

Detailed explanation-2: -The cecum and appendix are the initial parts of the large intestine and are situated in the right iliac fossa. The appendix is a narrow wormlike structure arising from the posteromedial wall of the cecum about 2 cm below the ileocecal junction and is not constant in its position.