Hepatic caecum Hepatic caecum Hepatic caecum or hepatic cecum is a name used in describing various physiological structures in some crustaceans, insects and cephalochordates. "Hepatic" refers to the liver, and the hepatic caecum may perform some functions that are analogous to the functions of the liver in vertebrates. A digestive organ called the hepatic caecum is found in the cephalochordate amphioxus, or lancelet. The hepatic caecum of the amphioxus is a presumed homologue of the vertebrate liver, although it is not undisputed. This homology was first hypothesized by Müller in 1844. The hepatic caecum is a name given to various digestive structures
The Great Australian Adjective The Great Australian Adjective The Great Australian Adjective is a humorous poem by English writer and poet W. T. Goodge. It was first published in "The Bulletin" magazine on 11 December 1897, the Christmas issue of that publication, and later in the poet's only collection "Hits! Skits! and Jingles!". The poem was originally published with the title "-----!", a subtitle of "The Great Australian Adjective" and was signed as by "The Colonel", a regular pseudonym of Goodge's. The poem is written with a number of words "blanked out", allowing the reader to substitute whatever they choose. For example: <poem> The