ileocecal

Relating to the ileum and the cecum.

Pertaining to the ileum and cecum.

• i. valve — the valve guarding the opening between the ileum and cecum; called also ileocolic valve.
• i. valve frenulum — see retinaculum morgagni.
• i. valve impaction — is common in horses as result of feeding on finely chopped indigestible roughage. Causes mild colic initially, followed by evidence of acute intestinal obstruction. Fatal without surgical correction. See also intestinal obstruction colic.