Each day approximately 500ml of food material, or chyme,
enter the caecum.
The thyroglossal duct extends from the
foramen caecum, in the floor of the mouth, to the hyoid bone.
Caecumtry
have two caeca
( figure 1-5 ) just before the rectum.
Caecumexample, many fish have
pyloric caeca
connected with the intestine - structures that aid the digestion and absorption of food.
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