vermiform appendix n a narrow blind tube usu. about three or four inches (7.6 to 10.2 centimeters) long that extends from the cecum in the lower 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
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appendix vermiformis [TA] a wormlike diverticulum of the cecum, varying in length from 7 to 15 cm, and measuring about 1 cm in diameter. Called also appendix and cecal a.
Vermiform appendix and adjacent structures.
Medical dictionary. 2011.