A narrow blind tube usually about three or four inches (7.6 to 10.2 centimeters) long that extends from the cecum in the lower right-hand part of the abdomen, has much lymphoid wall tissue, normally communicates with the cavity of the cecum, and represents an atrophied terminal part of the cecum.|Organ with organ cavity which is continuous proximally with the cecum and distally terminates in the tip of the appendix. Examples: There is only one appendix. (Experimental Factor Ontology, EFO_0000849)
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6 genes co-occuring with the biological term appendix in literature-supported statements describing functions of genes from the GeneRIF Biological Term Annotations dataset.
