| ileocaecum | The combined ileum and caecum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ileocolic | <anatomy> Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocaecal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ileocolic artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, superior mesenteric, often by a common trunk with the right colic; distribution, terminal part of ileum, caecum, vermiform appendix, and ascending colon; anastomoses, right colic and ileal. Synonym: arteria ileocolica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ileocolic intussusception | Intussusception in which the lower portion of the ileum with the valve of the caecum passes into the ascending colon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ileocolic lymph nodes | Nodes located along the ileocolic artery that drain lymph from the ascending colon to the superior mesenteric nodes. Synonym: nodi lymphatici ileocolici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ileocolic valve | The bilabial prominence of the terminal ileum into the large intestine at the caecocolic junction as seen in cadavers; in the living individual it appears as a truncated cone with a star-shaped orifice. Synonym: valva ileocaecalis, Bauhin's valve, ileocaecal eminence, ileocolic valve, Tulp's valve, Tulpius' valve, valve of Varolius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ileocolic vein | <anatomy, vein> A large tributary of the superior mesenteric vein that runs parallel to the ileocolic artery and drains the terminal ileum, appendix, caecum, and the lower part of the ascending colon. Synonym: vena ileocolica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ileocolitis | Inflammation to a varying extent of the mucous membrane of both ileum and colon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ileocolitis, crohn's | Crohn's disease involving both the ileum (the furtherest part of the small intestine just before the colon) and the large intestine (the colon). Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory condition of the intestine primarily involving the small and large intestines but which can occur anywhere in the digestive system between the mouth and the anus. Named after burrill crohn who described the disease in 1932. The disease usually affects persons in their teens or early twenties. It tends to be a chronic, recurrent condition with periods of remission and exacerbation. In the early stages, crohn's disease causes small scattered shallow crater-like areas (erosions) called apthous ulcers in the inner surface of the bowel. With time, deeper and larger ulcers develop, causing scarring and stiffness of the bowel and the bowel becomes increasingly narrowed, leading to obstruction. Deep ulcers can puncture holes in the bowel wall, leading to infection in the abdominal cavity (peritonitis) and in adjacent organs. When only the large intestine (colon) is involved, the condition is called crohn's colitis. When only the small intestine is involved, the condition is called crohn's enteritis. When only the end of the small intestine (the terminal ileum) is involved, it is termed terminal ileitis. Abdominal pain, diarrhoea, vomiting, fever, and weight loss can be symptoms. Crohn's disease can be associated with reddish tender skin nodules, and inflammation of the joints, spine, eyes, and liver. Diagnosis is by barium enema, barium X-ray of the small bowel, and colonoscopy. Treatment includes medications for inflammation, immune suppression, antibiotics, or surgery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ileocolonic | <anatomy> Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocaecal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ileocolostomy | Establishment of a new communication between the ileum and the colon. Origin: ileo-+ colostomy (05 Mar 2000) |
| ileocystoplasty | Surgical reconstruction of the bladder involving the use of an isolated intestinal segment to augment bladder capacity. Origin: ileo-+ G. Kystis, bladder, + plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| ileoentectropy | Rarely used term for eversion of a segment of the ileum. Origin: ileo-+ G. Entos, within, + ek, out, + trope, a turning (05 Mar 2000) |
| ileoileostomy | 1. Establishment of a communication between two segments of the ileum. 2. The opening so established. Origin: ileum + ileum + G. Stoma, mouth (05 Mar 2000) |
| ileojejunitis | A chronic inflammatory condition involving the jejunum and parts or most of the ileum; occurs in different forms: a granulomatous state resembling regional ileitis, pseudodiverticula, or cicatricial stenosis of the bowel. (05 Mar 2000) |