Female appendix location

The function of the appendix is ​​not very obvious, but this position is very prone to inflammation, which is called appendicitis. Many people may have heard of it. Knowing the position of the appendix can only be detected when inflammation and pain occur. So, where is a woman’s appendix located?

Cecum: The starting and ending segments of the intestine, also the shortest segment of the intestine, about 6 to 8 cm long, located in the lower right side of the abdomen, with the ileocecal valve at the junction with the ileum, and the cecum below, with a hole connecting to the appendix, and then continuing upward to the ascending colon. It is the starting and ending part of the intestine, is sac-shaped, located in the right iliac fossa, and is connected to the ileum. The mucosa of the ileum leading to the entrance of the cecum protrudes into the intestinal tube, forming two mouth-shaped ileocecal valves, which prevent the intestinal contents from flowing back into the small intestine.

The cecum is the pouch-like portion of the intestine where it begins and ends. Because of its distal obstruction, it is called cecum. There is a small tube extending outward from the distal end of the cecum, called the appendix. Because its lumen is very small and very easy to get blocked and become inflamed, it is called appendicitis, also known as appendicitis. The cecum, also known as the appendix, is the enlarged beginning and end part of the intestine. Located in the lower right side of the abdomen, just caudal to where the ileum enters the intestine in the right iliac fossa. The human cecum is regressed, and the lower part is dispersed into a blind sac, which continues upwards into the ascending colon, and there is a hole at the bottom that leads to the appendix. There is an ileocecal valve on the inner and outer walls of the working junction of the ascending colon. This valve is a double fold of mucosa protruding into the intestine based on the colon circular muscle. It is the gateway for the colon to connect to the intestines and has the function of preventing the contents of the intestine from being backflowed into the small intestine. The appendix rarely gets inflamed. The so-called "appendicitis" is probably a misnomer for appendicitis. In the Chinese medicine reference book "Nanjing", the appendix is ​​called "Lanmen", which is one of the seven Chongmen.

The cecum is the first end of the intestine and the shortest part of each segment. The cecum begins with a large blind end below. Its length varies from person to person, but it usually goes up about 6 to 8 centimeters, connecting with the tail end of the ileum and continuing into the ascending colon. On the inner wall behind the lower end of the cecum, there is a long and thin intestine called the appendix, or the lumbrical process. The general cecum is similar to the sigmoid colon, and there are also three sigmoid colon bands on the surface. They are concentrated to the root of the appendix and are continuous with the muscular layer of the appendix. Therefore, no matter how the position of the appendix changes, the root of the appendix can be found along the sigmoid colon. In addition, there is an opening of the tail end of the ileum on the left posterior inner wall where the cecum and ascending colon transition, which is called the ileocecal sigmoid opening. The shape of the mouth is mostly an oval crack, with a crescent-shaped mucosal fold on each edge, called the sigmoid valve.

The wrinkled wall on the inner edge is called the upper lip, and its adhesion position is approximately on the working junction of the ileum and sigmoid colon, similar to a horizontal position. The wrinkles on the outer edge are called lips. The entire lip wrinkles are long and concave, and their adhesion position is approximately at the working junction of the ileum and cecum. The front and back ends of the upper and lower lips are fused with each other, and widen forward and backward respectively to form the sigmoid valve frenulum. The above various structures produced by the mucosal folds are all related to the thickening of the circular muscle layer at the tail end of the ileum at the outlet of the ileocecal sigmoid colon. The thickened circular muscle has a dilating effect. It not only prevents the intestinal contents from flowing back into the colon, but also controls the chyme from entering the intestine too quickly, so that the chyme can be fully digested and absorbed in the colon.