The appendix is an organ attached to the digestive system. It descends from the cecum, the pouch-like structure that forms the junction between the small and large intestine. The appendix has a length of approximately four inches and a diameter of less than one inch....
Many people think that the appendix is an organ with no particular purpose. This does not appear to be so. The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research reported, the appendix is made into the “silent hero” of the digestive tract by immune cells. It has been shown by new re...
a. An appendage. b. A collection of supplementary material, usually at the end of a book. 2. Anatomy Any of several supplementary or accessory parts of a bodily organ or structure, especially the vermiform appendix of the large intestine. [Latin, from appendere, to hang upon; see append....
The vermiform appendix is an organ that can have variable sizes, locations as well as functional potentials. We describe here the longest and largest appendix removed measuring about 55 cm in length. 1. Introduction The vermiform appendix is an organ that can vary in size, site, and presence...
•Herappendix,womband akidneywereremovedalong with in-growingtoenailsandhaemorrhoids.•Thehumanappendixis one organcontinuesto bereplicated, even though it has lost anysurvivalvalueit once had.•AttachedinappendixA are the questions which formed thebasisof theinterview.•A fulllistoftitlesis ...
appendix: 指书末的附录。attachment: 指用于扩大原物用途的附件。supplement: 主要指使书、报等正文更完善而额外增加的部分。accessory: 作“附件”解时，与attachment同义，可互换，但还指增加美观的附属品。英语解释：名词 appendix:supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of...
The appendix is a small finger-like organ that's attached to the large intestine in thelower right side of the abdomen. Appendicitis is a condition characterized by inflammationof the appendix. Appendicitis mostly affects kids between the ages of 11 and 20, and is rarein infants. Most cases ...
Is appendix a vestigial organ?Editage Insights
The appendix is a small organ whose function was unknown for a long time. ALow rates of appendicitis in animals led Darwin and others to believe that appendicitis was related to changes in the human diet. BIf appendicitis is a natural disease, rather than one caused by recent environmental cha...
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