<P> A cecal carcinoid tumor is a carcinoid tumor of the cecum . An appendiceal carcinoid tumor (a carcinoid tumor of the appendix) is sometimes found next to a cecal carcinoid . </P> <P> Neutropenic enterocolitis (typhlitis) is the condition of inflammation of the cecum, primarily caused by bacterial infections . </P> <P> Over 99% of the bacteria in the gut are anaerobes, but in the cecum, aerobic bacteria reach high densities . </P> <P> A cecum is present in most amniote species, and also in lungfish, but not in any living species of amphibian . In reptiles, it is usually a single median structure, arising from the dorsal side of the large intestine . Birds typically have two paired ceca, as, unlike other mammals, do hyraxes . Parrots do not have ceca . </P>

Where do the small and large intestine meet