Use of appendix
2006-06-28 00:39:36 · 10 answers · asked by pronkie_83 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
It's the BINGO! card for doctors and hospitals.
When you need your appendix removed, they all shout, BINGO! pay up!
2006-06-28 00:44:24 · answer #1 · answered by Der Lange 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The appendix is a vestigal organ. This means that its essentially left over from evolution. It is thought that the appendix was much bigger and played a role in digestion in the diet of our ancestors who walked the planet a million years ago. Another example include the muscles that allow people to move there ears.
2006-06-28 07:53:54 · answer #2 · answered by Emerson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None
It is an evolutionary remnant . Some of our ancestor species used to be able to digest cellulose and use it as food by having specialised bacteria in their digestive system. The appendix is the remnant of the part of the digestive system where this cellulose breakdown happened
2006-06-28 07:46:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The appendix is useless to man.
A spare part....
2006-06-28 07:43:21 · answer #4 · answered by Ibblekinib 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually it is a training ground for developing cells in the immune system.
It catches a little bit of everything we encounter, from stuff we eat, either knowingly or unknowingly, to things that we inhale that get stuck to the sides of our throats, which we then swallow when we eat or drink.
You can live without it, but cutting it out if it's healthy isn't in a persons best interests.
2006-06-28 09:31:32 · answer #5 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It allows you to look up on which page of a book a certain word or subject is located
2006-06-28 07:43:28 · answer #6 · answered by fiveamrunner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None. It is called a vestigial organ. It may have had some use in ancient times, but no longer does.
2006-06-28 07:43:34 · answer #7 · answered by fcas80 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is supposed to be a remnant of the missing link, it is useless now but creates all sorts of problems when gets swollen and infected
2006-06-28 08:01:22 · answer #8 · answered by ckgopi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont know of any, unless of course you are not in surgery business. if u were a mouse, you would have two of them, large functional parts of digestive system, so that you could gnaw and digest alot of things...
2006-06-28 07:48:47 · answer #9 · answered by iva 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no use as far as i know.
2006-06-28 07:43:23 · answer #10 · answered by koifishlady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋