<P> The appendix ( or vermiform appendix ; also cecal ( or caecal ) appendix ; vermix ; or vermiform process ) is a blind - ended tube connected to the cecum , from which it develops in the embryo . The cecum is a pouchlike structure of the colon , located at the junction of the small and the large intestines . </P>
where is the appendix in the human body located
at the junction of the small and the large intestines