In fact, there is a cluster of genes that are expressed at the cecal/colonic boundary. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution of the appendix? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The cecal appendix (a through l) or appendix-like structures (m through o) in a variety of mammals. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution of the appendix? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
This indicates to me that the DNA to code for the cecal valves were already there but were suppressed until the new environment initiated the valve development. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
However, there is also a mention of the formation of new structures, cecal valves, designed to slow the passage of food by creating fermentation chambers in the gut. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
A mammalian molecular consensus phylogeny was taken, and appendicular and cecal characters were mapped onto the constraint tree as described in the Materials and methods. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution of the appendix? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Without this knowledge, how can we say with any scientific confidence that the bacterium did not contain within its genome a pre-existing program for the expression of a flagellum waiting to be triggered by an environmental cue like cecal valves in lizards?. From Wordnik.com. [Flagellum evolution -- how's your German? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
(SSI) septic injury induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
Note the evolution of the cecal valve -- a "new structure" for this family of lizards. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Atheism] Reference
Male rats (200-300g) were sacrificed 24 hours after cecal ligation and double puncture (2CLP) or sham surgery. From Wordnik.com. [Elites TV] Reference
Here we show that interleukin-33 (IL-33) reduces mortality in mice with experimental sepsis from cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
Situated in the axis of the villus, each commences by dilated cecal extremities near to, but not quite at, the summit of the villus. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 2g. The Small Intestine] Reference
Polymicrobial peritonitis resulting from visceral perforation, as exemplified by the cecal ligation and puncture model is also a clinically relevant model. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Antibody to histone reduced the mortality of mice in lipopolysaccharide (LPS), tumor necrosis factor (TNF) or cecal ligation and puncture models of sepsis. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
The tubules may be separately unravelled, by careful dissection under water, and may be seen to commence either by free cecal ends or by anastomotic loops. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 3c. The Male Genital Organs] Reference
In human anatomy, the appendix (or vermiform appendix; also cecal appendix) is a blind ended tube connected to the cecum, from which it develops embryologically. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The part of the loop on the distal side of the cecal diverticulum increases in diameter and forms the future ascending and transverse portions of the large intestine. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 2. The Digestive Apparatus] Reference
If the inflammation involves the appendix or the cecal location of the appendix, it may be called appendicitis, but the appendix is involved the same as any other contiguous part. From Wordnik.com. [Appendicitis] Reference
The filled-up condition of the bowels -- the colon and rectum -- prevents the easy passage of gas from the bowels, hence it accumulates in the ileo-cecal region and keeps the cecum distended. From Wordnik.com. [Appendicitis] Reference
The largest of these is the omental bursa (already described), but several others, of smaller size, require mention, and may be divided into three groups, viz.: duodenal, cecal, and intersigmoid. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 2e. The Abdomen] Reference
In about 30 generations the lizards evolved larger heads, stronger bites, and cecal valves - a structure in the gut that can constrict, slowing down the passage of food, giving more time for digestion. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Each vesicle consists of a single tube, coiled upon itself, and giving off several irregular cecal diverticula; the separate coils, as well as the diverticula, are connected together by fibrous tissue. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 3c. 3. The Vesiculæ Seminales] Reference
It is bounded on the right by the cecal fold, which is attached by one edge to the abdominal wall from the lower border of the kidney to the iliac fossa and by the other to the postero-lateral aspect of the colon. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 2e. The Abdomen] Reference
A sudden pain in the abdomen of a woman during menstrual life, with positively no unusual menstrual symptoms and no trouble in the right ileo-cecal region, indicates perforation of the stomach or of the gall-bladder. From Wordnik.com. [Appendicitis] Reference
The endoscopist's rate of detection of adenomas was significantly associated with the risk of interval colorectal cancer (P = 0.008), whereas the rate of cecal intubation was not significantly associated with this risk (P = 0.50). From Wordnik.com. [New England Journal of Medicine] Reference
Porro describes a case of congenital obliteration of the esophagus which ended in a cecal pouch about one inch below the inferior portion of the glottidean aperture and from this point to the stomach only measured an inch; there was also tracheal communication. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Porro 6.258 describes a case of congenital obliteration of the esophagus which ended in a cecal pouch about one inch below the inferior portion of the glottidean aperture and from this point to the stomach only measured an inch; there was also tracheal communication. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
"Distention of the abdomen and the area of diffuse resistance increased; sensitiveness to touch appeared to be dulled by the opium; in the ileo-cecal region, however, it was constantly severe and lancinating. From Wordnik.com. [Appendicitis] Reference
More information: Effects of apples and specific apple components on the cecal environment of conventional rats: role of apple pectin, Tine R Licht, Max Hansen, Anders Bergstrom, Morten Poulsen, Britta N Krath, Jaroslaw Markowski, Lars O Dragsted and Andrea Wilcks, BMC Microbiology (in press), http://www. biomedcentral.com/bmcmicrobiol/. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
The cecal fossa. From Wordnik.com. [Illustrations. Fig. 1045] Reference
1045 The cecal fossa. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 2e. The Abdomen] Reference
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