Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus IV: Organ Systems: Positions of Vermiform Appendix

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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus IV: Organ Systems

Positions of Vermiform Appendix

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
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The diagram illustrates the positions the appendix may occupy in relation to the cecum and ileum, with frequencies of occurrence (%).

C	cecum
TC	tenia coli

Redrawn from Wakeley, C.P.G. The position of the vermiform appendix as ascertained by an analysis of 10,000 cases. J. Anat. Physiol.67:277-283, 1933.

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