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The human appendix may not be functional. Its absence causes no known harmful effects (other than surgical complications from removing it). When it is present, there is a 7 percent lifetime risk of acute appendicitis, which is usually fatal without modern surgical techniques (Hardin 1999).
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What is the Appendix? ... The Appendix is a worm-shaped appendage that sticks out from the top portion of the large intestine. ... The appendix can become inflamed. If an inflamed appendix is not treated immediately, the appendix can burst.
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Vermiform appendix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In human anatomy, the appendix (or vermiform appendix ; also cecal (or caecal) appendix ; also vermix ) is a blind-ended tube connected to the cecum (or caecum), from which it develops embryol...
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Appendix Isn't Useless At All: It's A Safe House For Good Bacteria (Oct. 8, 2007) — Long denigrated as vestigial or useless, the appendix now appears to have a reason to be - as a "safe house" for the beneficial bacteria living in the human gut.
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Human Appendix-Appendix Anatomy-The last few inches of the colon is the rectum which is a storage site for solid waste which leaves the body by way of an external opening called the anus, controlled by muscles called sphincters. ... A common disorder of the large intestine is inflammation of the appendix, or appendicitis.
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name Nancy status student age 15 Question - What is the function of the appendix in a human before it is taken out through surgey? Hi Nancy... as you must know the appendix is a tube of which one end is closed and the opens into the cecum, that is the beginning of the large intestine.
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"For years, the appendix was credited with very little physiological function. We now know, however, that the appendix serves an important role in the fetus and in young adults. Endocrine cells appear in the appendix of the human fetus at around the 11th week of development.
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What I think you are actually asking deals with the fact that due to the poor nerve configuration in the lower abdomen, people perceive to feel an infected appendix on the opposite side of the body cavity than it actually is located.
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