A veterinary surgeon can offer special assistance in the following kinds of cases: 1  Traumatic injury and emergencies (such as fractures, skin wounds and lacerations, correction of gastric dilatation-volvulus, and exploratory (abdominal/thoracic) surgery.
What is the normal size of the appendix? A: A human appendix is between 2 and 20 centimeters long, with an average length of 11 centimeters in an adult. It is located at the cecum in the space between the large and small intestine. The appendix can be found on the lower right side of the body.
2. appendix-a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch. cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process. appendage, outgrowth, process-a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; a bony process.