Appendix

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

Alternative forms

• appendixes

appendices

1. Plural form of appendix.

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