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Certain evolution-minded people think that it is the remnant of an organ that allowed our ancestors to digest cellulose, enabling them to eat greenery. However, there are several opposing schools of thought regarding this. Recent findings indicate that the appendix is not actually as useless as has been previously thought, and may play an important role in various physiological functions such as the human immune system.
Long ago when food was dirty, the appendix separated dirt from food. Kind of like a filter for the body. Now that our food is clean, it is no longer usable. Some times it may get infected. If that happens, (appendicitis) you must have surgery to get it out before it explodes.
Scientists today do not actually know what the actual function of the appendix even is - some say that it is a vestigial organ, others say that it is an important factor in the immune system, and others say that it can function as a storehouse for helpful bacteria during an illness which kills all the other intestinal bacteria. Because we do not know what the appendix's function really is, this question has no real answer.
the appendix has no use.
You don't need appendix. It is a vestigial structure that only might get in your way if it becomes inflamed.
However, recent research shows that it creates helpful bacteria.
The appendix has been shown in recent years to help produce certain enzymes which can ward off some disease.
Answer 2: Just because we don't know the reason for some feature in an organism does not mean that it doesn't have an important role to play. For example, so called vestigial organs were once thought to show that the human body and other organisms were poorly designed. The appendix and tonsils, for instance, were once thought to be vestigial organs and were removed. But then it was discovered that these organs play a role in the immune system, and they are no longer considered vestigial. (see 9/06 Awake article pg 12 An Interview With a Biochemist on Jehovah's Witness official website)
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∙ 13y agoIt creates more pain in the lower abdominal region...
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∙ 12y agoThe appendix is a vestigial organ. It may have served an actual purpose at one point in time in our evolutionary ancestors, but in our bodies it is useless.
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∙ 13y agonothing, the appendix is useless. Because of all the peanut butter you eat. If you eat too much it'll BLOW UP like my eyeball on September 11.
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∙ 14y agoThis question is still unanswered today some believe it helps combat disease but this is not proven other than that... nothing.
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∙ 11y agoSome scientists have done some studying. They believe that the appendix is not so useless. They believe the produce and protect 'good' germs.
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∙ 11y agoIt digestes greens
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What organ has no functions in human?
The appendix is said to have no function in the human body, but it actually plays a small role in the lymphatic system.
Does the appendix play a big role in the digestion system?
no
Role of the vermiform appendix?
Embryologically for the production of B-Cells. After which it has no purpose.
True or false the appendix plays an important role in human digestion?
False
What is the enzyme of the appendix?
there is none. It just stores beacteria. Doesn't store, produce, or relase any enzymes,
What is the vestigial organ in human aliemetary cannal?
The appendix, which is located at the juncture of the small and large intestine.
Do cats have appendixes?
No. The appendix is the vestigial (now mostly useless) caecum found in humans. Dogs do not have an 'appendix', but they do have a small caecum (a coiled organ), which does not have a very important role (unlike the caecum in herbivores).
Is the appendix part of the endocrine system?
The role of the Appendix is still a mystery to science, but some recent research has led some scientists to believe it is part of the fetal endocrine system, helping to support the homeostasis of the fetus. This is not the case after birth, and the appendix starts to fill with lymphoid tissue. This has given scientists the idea that the Appendix is part of the Immune System.
Importance of the bodies appendix?
The vermiform appendix, lone regarded as a "useless" body part, may have played a role in sequestering colonic bacteria, so the intestinal flora could be replenished after recovery from an illness which emptied the colon.
How does the appendix help to the immune system of the body?
As of yet, the purpose of the appendix in the human body is not known. It is simply there and is often removed. Anyhow, appendix do play role in fetal development and adult.In fetus appendix act as a endocrine organ and in adult they help our body immune system to combat against microbes as it 'train' our immune system by exposing antigens to lymphoid cells in order to produce antibody.
What structure has no function?
This would be the appendix. It is off the cecum which is the beginning of the large intestine. It has been found to have a major role in immune function.
What is a finger-like sac that has no known function in humans?
The appendix.
