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. [ http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=46539 ]
Synonyms: ileocaecal junction
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Equivalent to:
- anatomical junction and connects some large intestine and connects some small intestine
Subclass of:
- intestinal junction
- anatomical junction
- connects some small intestine
- connects some large intestine
- only in taxon some Vertebrata