TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Appendix
A1  - Pennington, Elliot C.
A1  - Burke, Peter A.
A2  - Doherty, Gerard M.
PY  - 2015
T2  - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 14e
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  and  is  fixed  retrocecally  in  16%  of  adults.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105490200
ER  -