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It has no digestive function, yes It is [wrongly] thought to be a vestigial structure. It has recently been brought to Light that the appendix is a storage facility for intestinal flora, that is needed to repopulate the Gut, after some bio-catastrophe depopulates the Gut.
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Name the small projection that contains lympathic tissue attached to cecum?
The small projection that contains lymphatic tissue attached to the cecum is known the appendix. The full name is actually vermiform appendix which is derived from its appearance which look like a worm.
What is as no function in humans in the digestive system?
The appendix, found at the junction of the small and large intestines, has no known function in digestion. The appendix may also be called the vermiform appendix.
What is the shape of the appendix?
Like a worm; hence the name "vermiform appendix". Vermiform comes from Latin meaning "worm-shaped".
Difference between appendix and veriform appendix?
appendix means a slender outgrowth or an appendage to the original structure. But the word appendix is loosely used for 'vermiform appendix'. Vermiform means worm like. vermiform appendix is, a vestigial organ of the human body, located at the start of large intestine (prcisely caecum).
What hangs off of the end of the cecum?
Vermiform Appendix
What does an Appendix?
Because of its shape it is called the vermiform appendix, and that means it resembles a worm.
Blind sac hanging from the initial part of the colon?
vermiform appendix
What is name of human organ in right side of abdominal cavity which starts with the letter a and is of unknown use?
That would be: the Appendix. Its full name is: Vermiform Appendix/ It is a vestigal structure which has lost its original function.
What vermiform appendix is a small projection that extends from the?
Cecum
How long is vermiform appendix?
Usually, a few inches.
What is the blind ended tube hanging from cecum?
Vermiform Appendix
Can diet replace an appendix?
No. The vermiform appendix is a vestigual growth on the intestinal tract that, once removed, does not return.
