Appendix
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Template:Notoc Appendix may refer to:
In documents:
- Addendum, any addition to a document, such as a book or legal contract
- Bibliography, a systematic list of books and other works
- Index (publishing), a list of words or phrases with pointers to where related material can be found in a document
- Specifically, a text added to the end of a book or an article, containing information that is important to, but is not the main idea of, the main text
In anatomy:
- A section at the end of an organ, in particular
- Vermiform appendix (often referred to as simply the "appendix"), a part of the human digestive system
- Left auricular appendix, a conical pouch on the left atrium of the heart
- Right auricular appendix, a conical pouch on the right atrium of the heart
- Appendix of the epididymis, a detached efferent duct of the epididymis
- Appendix testis, a vestigial remnant of the Müllerian duct
- Epiploic appendix, one of several small pouches of fat on the peritoneum along the colon and rectum
- Fibrous appendix of the liver, a band on the left of the liver
- Appendix of the laryngeal ventricle, a sac that extends from the laryngeal ventricle
- Mesoappendix, the portion of the mesentery that connects the ileum to the vermiform appendix
See also
- Irregular English plurals—the word "appendix"