Veterinary Splanchnology and Applied Anotomy

CAECUM (HORSE)

• The caecum is about 1.25 m long
• It is comma shaped and extends from the right iliac region through the right lumbar region to the abdominal floor behind the xiphoid cartilage
• It presents a base, an apex and a body

• Both extremities are blind and the ileo-caecal and caeco-colic orifices are placed close together on the lesser curvature of the base of the caecum
• The base is strongly curved
• The body is related on the right to the diaphragm, duodenum and liver and on the left to the terminal parts of the colon and small intestine
• The caecum has four longitudinal muscular bands