Can any tell me about "APPENDIX"?

Answer 1

Appendix (book design) a reference section at the end of a book

OR

It is extension of large large intestine , which can get infected resulting in Appendicitis condition.

Answer 2

In human anatomy, the vermiform appendix (or appendix, pl. appendices) is a blind ended tube connected to the cecum. It develops embryologically from the cecum. The term "vermiform" comes from Latin and means "wormlike in appearance". The cecum is the first pouch-like structure of the colon. The appendix is near the junction of the small intestines and large intestines
[edit] Size and location
The appendix averages 10 cm in length, but can range from 2 to 20 cm. The diameter of the appendix is usually less than 7–8 mm. The longest appendix ever removed was that of a Pakistani man on June 11, 2003, at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, measuring 23.5 cm (9.2 inches) in length. [1]

While the base of the appendix is at a fairly constant location, the location of the tip of the appendix can vary from being retrocaecal to being in the pelvis to being extraperitoneal. In most people, the appendix is located at the lower right quadrant of the abdomen. In people with situs inversus, the appendix may be located in the lower left side.


[edit] Function
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 is that the appendix is a vestigial structure with no current purpose. In The Story of Evolution Joseph McCabe argued thus:

The vermiform appendage—in which some recent medical writers have vainly endeavoured to find a utility—is the shrunken remainder of a large and normal intestine of a remote ancestor. This interpretation of it would stand even if it were found to have a certain use in the human body. Vestigial organs are sometimes pressed into a secondary use when their original function has been lost.


The appendix is more developed in Old World monkeys.[2]The appendix is thought to have descended from an organ in our distant herbivorous ancestors called the cecum (or caecum). The cecum is maintained in modern herbivores, where it houses the bacteria that digest cellulose, a chemically tough carbohydrate that these animals could not otherwise utilize. The human appendix contains no significant number of these bacteria, and cellulose is indigestible to humans. It seems likely that the appendix lost this function before human ancestors became recognizably human.

Medical literature instead shows that the appendix is not generally credited with significant function; however, current evidence tends to involve it in the immunologic mechanism.[3]

Answer 3

n human anatomy, the vermiform appendix (or appendix, pl. appendices) is a blind ended tube connected to the cecum. It develops embryologically from the cecum. The term "vermiform" comes from Latin and means "wormlike in appearance". The cecum is the first pouch-like structure of the colon. The appendix is near the junction of the small intestines and large intestines.

Size and location

The appendix averages 10 cm in length, but can range from 2 to 20 cm. The diameter of the appendix is usually less than 7–8 mm. The longest appendix ever removed was that of a Pakistani man on June 11, 2003, at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, measuring 23.5 cm (9.2 inches) in length. [1]

While the base of the appendix is at a fairly constant location, the location of the tip of the appendix can vary from being retrocaecal to being in the pelvis to being extraperitoneal. In most people, the appendix is located at the lower right quadrant of the abdomen. In people with situs inversus, the appendix may be located in the lower left side.

[edit] Function

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 is that the appendix is a vestigial structure with no current purpose. In The Story of Evolution Joseph McCabe argued thus:

The vermiform appendage—in which some recent medical writers have vainly endeavoured to find a utility—is the shrunken remainder of a large and normal intestine of a remote ancestor. This interpretation of it would stand even if it were found to have a certain use in the human body. Vestigial organs are sometimes pressed into a secondary use when their original function has been lost.

The appendix is more developed in Old World monkeys.

The appendix is thought to have descended from an organ in our distant herbivorous ancestors called the cecum (or caecum). The cecum is maintained in modern herbivores, where it houses the bacteria that digest cellulose, a chemically tough carbohydrate that these animals could not otherwise utilize. The human appendix contains no significant number of these bacteria, and cellulose is indigestible to humans. It seems likely that the appendix lost this function before human ancestors became recognizably human.

Medical literature instead shows that the appendix is not generally credited with significant function; however, current evidence tends to involve it in the immunologic mechanism.[3]

Answer 4

Appendix is located at the beginning of large intestineThe length of appendix averages 10 cm .It donot serve any function except severe pains in case it shows its existence

Answer 5

Well, you won't miss it if it is removed. Of course there is an appendix in books and written articles also. Appendix meaning an additional whatever.

Answer 6

appendix is the unwanted organ of the digestive system it was in our encestors to digest cellulose but as we eat baked food we need not to digest it there fore some times u get it enlarged in very rare cases which causes pain in stomach and called appendix pain

Answer 7

specify your question... do you mean a math appendix or the body appendix?

Answer 8

It is a vestigial organ which when startys growing causes pain in the side of the stomach.It is very necessary to take it out if it starts becoming active.

Answer 9

Signs of a problem: severe pain lower right abdomen, fever, constipation.

Answer 10

I KNOW!!!Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermiform_appendix