Vascular fold of cecum
Plica caecalis vascularis
- Synonym: Vascular caecal fold; Vascular cecal fold; Posterior cecal fold; Superior ileocecal fold
- Related terms: Vascular fold of caecum
Definition
The superior ileocecal recess (fossa) is formed by a fold of peritoneum (the vascular fold of cecum), arching over the branch of the ileocolic artery which supplies the ileocolic junction. The fossa is a narrow chink situated between the mesentery of the small intestine, the ileum, and the small portion of the cecum behin
