Assertion: cecum | /r/CapableOf | connect the ileum
Facets:
value: via the ileocecal valve
type: MANNER
value: anatomically
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Anatomically connecting the ileum and ascending colon via the ileocecal valve, the cecum receives digested chyme with intestinal fluid and begins to absorb water and other nutrition physiologically .