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
Postpositive adjective Postpositive adjective A postpositive or postnominal adjective is an attributive adjective that is placed after the noun or pronoun that it modifies. This contrasts with prepositive adjectives, which come before the noun or pronoun. In some languages the postpositive placement of adjectives is the normal syntax, but in English it is less usual, largely confined to archaic and poetic uses (as in "They heard wights unseen), phrases loaned from Romance languages or Latin (such as "heir apparent, "aqua regia"), and certain particular grammatical constructions (as in "those anxious to leave"). Recognizing postpositive adjectives in English is important for determining the