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No, not even close. The vermiform appendix, in animals that have one, is most likely a storage spot for the "good" bacteria that help you digest food. The idea is that, if you get bad diarrhoea (the 'runs') and your "good" bacteria are flushed out of the body, then the appendix will release its stored bacteria, allowing your gut to start digesting food, again.
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You want the introduction of khejadi tree?
Khejadi tree is a tree with medicinal value. Its bark is used for preparing medicine
What are the parts of a willow tree?
Roots, bark, phloem, cambium, xylem, and leaves.
Is Tree bark used as medicine?
Yes, especially in the past, many medications were originally derived form tree bark. Aspirin-like products were gotten from slippery elm bark, quinine from cinchona trees, and taxol from yew trees.
The bark of which tree whose seeds are highly poisonous is used in making tea in ladakh?
poplar
Do you need your appendix?
The most obvious answer is no; millions of people have had their appendix removed without ill effects. Darwin suggested that the appendix is a leftover from when our ancestors used to digest leaves. Recently, it's been suggested that the appendix is used to keep bacteria that keep the colon in good order, however it doesn't seem to cause a problem to have it removed. Given that it's seems largely useless and a burst appendix used to be a fatal disorder, one might ask why it's survived at all. One theory is that a smaller appendix is more prone to bursting so it's reached a sort of happy medium value.
Does the common rat have an appendix?
I do know that rats have an appendix because i dissected one. I'm trying to figure out what its function is, and i think it helps digest cellulose mostly in herbivores.I think I remember vaguely that the appendix is bigger than the stomach and is used to digest things like tree nuts. And I have also recently dissected a rat!
What is the clinical significance of the appendix?
It was for when we was cavemen it was used to help the stomach digest the grass we ate :)
What is the function for the appendix?
The appendix currently serves no useful function in the human body. It is believed that the appendix used to have a useful function, but over the years, the human body has evolved in such a way that the appendix is now extraneous tissue.
What intestinal segment was used by your ancestors to digest plant material but is no longer used and therefore has de-evolved?
appendix
Which tree's roots and bark are used to make Quinine?
Quinine comes from the bark of the cinchona tree of South America.
How is the bark of a tree useful?
It can be used for medicine.
Does taking bark off a tree kill it?
Tree bark is actually used to make corks. You can kill a tree if you're inexperienced at removing bark and cut too deep; but if you cut just deep enough to penetrate the bark, and not the trunk underneath, the tree will be fine.
Was elm tree bark used for soap?
yes
How is bark cloth made and how is it used?
it is made from tree bark. the outer bark of the tree is removed and cut into strips, soaked, and beaten to make it soft. then they paint it. it is used in weddings, rituals that celebrates the power of chiefs.
What is an example of a vestigial strcuture?
appendix, used to produce chemicals to digest raw meat, and now not really needed
What part of the cinamon tree is used to obtain the spice?
The bark.
What are the uses of a bark?
Tree bark can be used for a variety of things. Some of these include spices, wall coverings, bark shingle siding, resin, poisons and medicines.
