vermiform appendixes

Main Entry: vermiform appendix
Function: noun
: a narrow blind tube usually about three or four inches (7.6 to 10.2 centimeters) long that extends from the cecum in thelower right-hand part of the abdomen, has much lymphoid wall tissue, normally communicates with the cavity of the cecum, and represents an atrophied terminal part of the cecum

vermiform appendix n.
A wormlike intestinal diverticulum starting from the blind end of the cecum in the lower right-hand part of the abdomen and ending in a blind extremity.

vermiform appendix   (vûr'mə-fôrm')  Pronunciation Key  See appendix.