Assertion: cecum | /r/CapableOf | connect ascending colon
Facets:
value: via the cecocolic orifice
type: MANNER
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 .
text: The cecum, a junctional structure separated from the ileum by the ileocecal valve, receives chyme from the ileum and connects to the ascending colon.
text: The cecum communicates with the ascending colon via the cecocolic orifice.