pyloric caecum

pyloric caecum

[pə′lȯr·ik ′sē·kəm] (invertebrate zoology) One of the tubular pouches that open into the ventriculus of an insect. One of the paired tubes having lateral glandular diverticula in each ray of a starfish. (vertebrate zoology) One of the tubular pouches that open from the pyloric end of the stomach into the alimentary canal of most fishes.