cecal appendage vs appendage

cecal appendage and appendage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cecal appendage	Yes	No	No	No
appendage	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, appendage is a hypernym of cecal appendage; that is, appendage is a word with a broader meaning than cecal appendage:

cecal appendage: a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
appendage: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

Other hypernyms of cecal appendage include outgrowth, process.

cecal appendage (noun)	appendage (noun)
a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch	a part that is joined to something larger
	an external body part that projects from the body
	a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant