Appendix

System Digestive
SNOMED CT 181255000

Appendix

Definition

A blind-ended tube connected to the cecum, from which it develops embryologically[WP].

Also known as appendix, appendix vermiformis, caecal appendix, cecal appendix — per UBERON

The Appendix is a part of the Digestive.

Also identified as

Associated Diseases

Disease Involvement Source
Appendiceal neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendicitis Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendicitis Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix adenocarcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix adenocarcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix adenoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix cancer Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix carcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix carcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix hyperplastic polyp Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix hyperplastic polyp Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix L-cell glucagon-like peptide-producing neuroendocrine tumor Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix L-cell glucagon-like peptide-producing neuroendocrine tumor Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix leiomyoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix leiomyoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix lymphoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix lymphoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix neuroendocrine neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix neuroendocrine neoplasm Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix neuroendocrine tumor G1 Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix neuroendocrine tumor G1 Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix villous adenoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Appendix villous adenoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign neoplasm of appendix Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Benign neoplasm of appendix Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Carcinoma in situ of appendix Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Carcinoma in situ of appendix Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Goblet cell carcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Goblet cell carcinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Neuroendocrine tumor of the appendix, well differentiated, low or intermediate grade Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Neuroendocrine tumor of the appendix, well differentiated, low or intermediate grade Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0

Drugs Acting Here

Drug Effect Source
Meropenem may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0

1 entry above is marked DERIVED: Atlas Médico inferred it by combining two sourced claims, and no source asserts this link directly. Treat it as a navigation aid, not as a clinical statement.

Procedures

Procedure Relation Source
Appendectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Incidental Appendectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Laparoscopic Appendectomy Procedure Has Excised Anatomy NCIT · CC BY 4.0