CECAL DIGESTION
\sˈɛkə͡l da͡ɪd͡ʒˈɛst͡ʃən], \sˈɛkəl daɪdʒˈɛstʃən], \s_ˈɛ_k_əl d_aɪ_dʒ_ˈɛ_s_tʃ_ə_n]\
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The digestive process in the cecum. In man and the animals with small ceca, the cecum seems to serve only as a reservoir and for the absorption of liquids. In animals like the horse, which eat bulky food, the cecum is exceedingly large and serves as a reservoir in which the digestive processes, begun in the mouth, stomach, and small intestine, may be completed. It is not certain that in these cases the cecum produces a true digestive ferment, the d. that occurs being largely due to bacteria.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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