Ileocecal junction

System Digestive
SNOMED CT 264021000

Ileocecal junction

Definition

A point along the course of the gastrointestinal tract where the small intestine (ileum) ends as it opens into the cecal portion of the large intestine; occurs usually within the iliac fossa, demarcated internally as the ileocecal orifice.

Also known as ileocaecal junction — per UBERON

The Ileocecal junction is a part of the Digestive.

Also identified as