vermiform appendix

A blind-ended tube connected to the cecum, from which it develops embryologically[WP]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the vermiform appendix is

A blind-ended tube connected to the cecum, from which it develops embryologically[WP]. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the vermiform appendix is

It sits within the digestive system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What the vermiform appendix connects to

The atlas records 12 typed relationships for it, across 6 kinds of connection. part of digestive system and large intestine.

Supply and innervation

Arterial supply: appendicular artery and ileocolic artery.

Also called

Also recorded as vermix, appendix, appendix vermiformis, caecal appendix, cecal appendix and apex of caecum, and 1 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001154, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: digestive system and large intestine.
• A kind of: organ.
• contains: epithelium of appendix, mucosa of appendix, serosa of appendix, submucosa of appendix and wall of appendix.
• Supplied by: appendicular artery and ileocolic artery.
• Continuous with: caecum.
• Develops from: midgut.

Questions

Where is the vermiform appendix?

It sits within the digestive system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What does the vermiform appendix connect to?

Part of: digestive system and large intestine.

Is the vermiform appendix the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.