Assertion: cecum | /r/HasProperty | essential
Facets:
value: for maintaining gut microflora
type: PURPOSE
value: in mucosal immunity
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Thus, cecum forms an essential part of the digestive system for many plant-eating herbivore animals and is found to be bigger in size as compared to omnivores, where cecum is very small and non-essential.
text: The appendix is a fleshy tube-like structure connected to the cecum, which is an essential structure for maintaining gut microflora and in mucosal immunity.