Term: ileocecal valve: valve between the ileum of the small intestine and the cecum of the large intestine; prevents material from flowing back from the large to the small intestine
Broader: valve: a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it | Unrelated: glow: a feeling of considerable warmth
Broader: valve: a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it | Unrelated: picture: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
Broader: valve: a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it | Unrelated: regionalism: a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas
Broader: valve: a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it | Unrelated: apache dance: a violent fast dance in French vaudeville (an apache is a member of the French underworld)
Broader: valve: a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it | Unrelated: plateau striped whiptail: having distinct longitudinal stripes: of Colorado Plateau from Arizona to western Colorado
Broader: valve: a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it | Unrelated: mulch: a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion
Broader: valve: a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it | Unrelated: apartheid: a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa
Broader: valve: a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it | Unrelated: resection: surgical removal of part of a structure or organ
Broader: valve: a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it | Unrelated: seaward: the direction toward the sea
Broader: valve: a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it | Unrelated: absorption spectrum: the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that has passed through a medium that absorbed radiation of certain wavelengths