What does the apendix actually do?

Answer 1

Nobody really knows for sure. Its part of the lymphatic system which is used as a kind of blood filtration system. It basically gets rid of *rap and helps improve the immune system. That's about as much as I know...

Answer 2

The appendix is a tube of which one end is closed and the opens into the cecum,(The cecum is the large, primary section of the arge intestine, which accepts fluid food-by-products from the Ileum of the small intestine through the ileocecal orifice)
The appendix occurs in men and in othe animals:
higher apes, wombats, some rodents and a few
lower mammals.
And now for your question: the appendix
has no known physiological function but probably
represents a degenerated portion of the cecum
that, in ancestral forms, aided in cellulose
digestion. It is believed that the appendix will
gradually disappear in human beings as our
diet do not includes cellulose no more.
In the other animals, the appendix is much larger
and provides a pouch off the main intestinal
tract, in which cellulose can be trapped and
be subjected to prolonged digestion.....blah di blah //(*_*)\\

Answer 3

I believe the appendix is now redundant in the human body. I vaguely remember being told in my biology class that it would have had something to do with breaking down vegetable matter. Apparently, in terms of relative size, the appendix is quite large in an animal such as the rabbit, where it is an active organ in the digestive system.

Answer 4

The appendix does nothing in the modern day body.
It just sits there at the end of the large intestine and causes appendicitis.
One explanation is that it was once used to help the digestion of plant matter eg; leaves and grass. but eventually became redundant.

Answer 5

The appendix does nothing anymore. It used to contain enzymes that would help humans digest raw meat. Since we've learnt how to cook food the appendix has become redundant. This is why you can have it removed and still eat stuff.

Answer 6

it is a rudimentary organ ,there are hypothesis based on what it have (layers)that digest grass and other things that human being was eating before .

Now fro these days it gives job to the surgeons if they explore the abdomen and did not fined any thing wrong they just remove it ,so when they get out at least they did something ,

Or may be we can say :

make surgeons more rich!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ali

Answer 7

Currently, the function of the appendix, if any, remains controversial in the field of human physiology. There have been cases of people who have been found, usually on laparoscopy or laparotomy, to have a congenital absence of their appendix. There have been no reports of impaired immune or gastrointestinal function in these people. One explanation has been that the appendix is a remnant of an earlier function, with no current purpose.

Answer 8

The appendix is used when you are a baby and small child to regulate the amount of bacterias coming into the intestine.

Answer 9

It contains all the boring stuff that nobody actually wants to read, so it's not worth putting in the main chapters of the book.

Answer 10

It's a redundant organ used to help digest foods humans no longer eat like grass.