TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Appendix A1 - Sanchez, Sabrina E. A1 - Burke, Peter A. A2 - Doherty, Gerard M. PY - 2020 T2 - Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 15e AB - In infants, the appendix is a conical diverticulum at the apex of the cecum, but with differential growth and distention of the cecum, the appendix ultimately arises on the left and dorsally approximately 2.5 cm below the ileocecal valve. The taeniae of the colon converge at the base of the appendix, an arrangement that helps in locating this structure at operation. The appendix is freely mobile in the majority of adults and is fixed retrocecally in 16% of adults. SN - PB - McGraw Hill LLC CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171279979 ER -