Just a leftover part from evolution? Does anyone know what purpose it has in the human body?
2007-03-11 06:55:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
My ex is a doctor. It is vestigial. It really serves no useful purpose, and becomes a liability when it collects matter and becomes infected.
2007-03-11 07:00:48 · answer #1 · answered by justbeingher 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Vestigial means rudimentary. In herbivores, the appendix is part of the cecum, a sac where fibrous material is fermented for additional energy. It has lost that function, but has become the most concentrated immune center in the gut. This is the crux of evolution. An unneeded structure both regressed and took on a new function.
2007-03-11 18:50:57 · answer #2 · answered by novangelis 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's just a leftover, because it hasn't got a particular function in the body.
2007-03-11 07:00:23 · answer #3 · answered by web_countess 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It does not have much purpose but if it burst you are in a heap of trouble.
2007-03-11 07:03:22 · answer #4 · answered by sunflare63 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋