The vermiform appendix or appendix as we commonly know it, is a vestigial organ of the body which does not come into notice unless it is inflamed (such as in appendicitis). In cases of appendicitis, ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Is the appendix just an unimportant little blind alley in the bowel to be thrown in the bucket when you ...

The human appendix, which is thought to be of little use to the body, may actually serve as a reservoir for beneficial gut bacteria, a new study has found. They mapped the data onto a phylogeny ...

The large intestine is the final part of the lower gastrointestinal tract and includes the caecum, appendix, colon, rectum and anal canal. The large intestine's function is to finish digestion of food ...

I’ve just had my appendix removed. My surgeon told me I wouldn’t miss it because it no longer serves a purpose in humans. But does it serve a purpose in some animals? What exactly? • The equivalent of ...

THE author took this structure as an illustration in reply to those who are not yet satisfied that structures exist which are useless to the animal body containing them. Referring first to the case of ...

Read before the Boston Surgical Society, April 16, 1928. From the Surgical Department of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston. Unusual situations of the caecum are not in question here. As a rule, ...

There is no etiquette for the way surgeons gain experience – the unfair truth is that the pushy ones do the most operations. But I'll never forget the time this backfired on a colleague who had a list ...

The human appendix serves as a reservoir for beneficial gut bacteria, a new study has found. The human appendix, which is thought to be of little use to the body, may actually serve as a reservoir for ...