Hepatic caecum found in certain crustaceans. In some insects, such as the grasshopper, several pairs of hepatic caeca secrete enzymes into the stomach where they assist in the digestive process. 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
Nominalized adjective "headwind" is then assumed. The third type is known as the "permanent" adjectival noun and has an adjective that stands alone as a noun. Such adjectives have become nouns over time, and most speakers are aware of their implicit adjectival meaning. Nominalized adjectives occur frequently in both Classical Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic. An example would be "things (that are) Islamic", which is derived from the adjective "Islamic" in the inanimate plural inflection. Another example would be "the big one" (said of a person or thing of masculine gender), from "big" inflected in the masculine singular. Nominalized adjective A nominalized