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The Appendix is a place an extra supply of them is stored. (Without an appendix, you would eventually get a new supply from other people you meet, but this probably took longer when there were fewer humans in the world.)

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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 a finger-like sac that has no known function in humans?

The appendix.


Which organ do humans have that rats do not?

Humans have a gallbladder, which rats do not possess. The gallbladder stores bile produced by the liver and helps in the digestion of fats. Rats do not have a gallbladder and instead secrete bile directly from the liver into the small intestine.


What Has no known function?

APPENDIX has no function in our body


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 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 organ has no known function?

The appendix is an organ that was previously thought to have no function, but recent research suggests it may play a role in immune function.


What does the organ appendix do?

In humans the appendix is a vestigal organ and has no function that we are currently aware of.


What is function of vermiform appendix?

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.


What system is the appendix in?

The appendix is anatomically part of the digestion system but its' function is part of the immune system.


what organ of the digestive system has no function?

appendix


What is the function of the human cecum and appendix in the digestive system?

The cecum and appendix in the digestive system serve as reservoirs for beneficial bacteria and aid in immune function.