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***The ''ventral'' taenia is free.

***The ''ventral'' taenia is free.

***The ''medial'' and ''lateral'' taenia are where the caecal vessels and lymph nodes are located.

***The ''medial'' and ''lateral'' taenia are where the caecal vessels and lymph nodes are located.

 

*Ingesta is regularly transported from the ileum to the caecum, this movement can be heard upon auscultation of the right dorsal quadrant of the caudal abdomen.

In the horse, the caecum is responsible for the digestion of complex carbohydrates such as cellulose.  Ingesta is regularly transported from the ileum to the caecum, this movement can be heard upon auscultation of the right dorsal quadrant of the caudal abdomen. Ausculatation of this area is carried out in assesment of colic.

**Ausculatation of this area is carried out in assesment of colic.

*In the horse, the caecum is responsible for the digestion of complex carbohydrates such as cellulose.

==Colon==

==Colon==