Ileocecal valve

Ileocecal valve
Ileocecal valve
	Interior of the cecum and lower end of ascending colon with the ileocecal valve labeled as "colic valve"
	Endoscopic image of cecum with arrow pointing to ileocecal valve in foreground
Details
System	Digestive system
Location	Junction between ileum and cecum
Artery	Ileocolic artery
Vein	Ileocolic vein
Function	Muscular sphincter
Identifiers
Latin	valva ileocaecalis s. papilla ilealis
MeSH	D007080
FMA	15973
	Anatomical terminology

The ileocecal valve (ileal papilla, ileocaecal valve, Tulp's valve, Tulpius valve, Bauhin's valve, ileocecal eminence, valve of Varolius or colic valve) is a sphincter muscle valve that separates the small intestine and the large intestine.^[1] Its critical function is to limit the reflux of colonic contents into the ileum.^[2] Approximately two liters of fluid enters the colon daily through the ileocecal valve.

^ Pollard, MF; Thompson-Fawcett, MW; Stringer, MD (2012). "The human ileocaecal junction: anatomical evidence of a sphincter". Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy. 34 (1): 21–9. doi:10.1007/s00276-011-0865-z. PMID 21863224. S2CID 20747499.
^ Barret KE. "Lange Gastrointestinal Physiology". The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2006.

[IC-1] Pollard, MF; Thompson-Fawcett, MW; Stringer, MD (2012). "The human ileocaecal junction: anatomical evidence of a sphincter". Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy. 34 (1): 21–9. doi:10.1007/s00276-011-0865-z. PMID 21863224. S2CID 20747499.

[2] Barret KE. "Lange Gastrointestinal Physiology". The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2006.

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