Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Is the appendix just an unimportant little blind alley in the bowel to be thrown in the bucket when you ...

The human appendix, which is thought to be of little use to the body, may actually serve as a reservoir for beneficial gut bacteria, a new study has found. They mapped the data onto a phylogeny ...

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I’ve just had my appendix removed. My surgeon told me I wouldn’t miss it because it no longer serves a purpose in humans. But does it serve a purpose in some animals? What exactly? • The equivalent of ...

The caecum is a pouch that forms the beginning of the large intestine. It is separated from the ascending colon by the cecocolic junction and from the small intestine by the ileocecal valve. The ...

The human appendix serves as a reservoir for beneficial gut bacteria, a new study has found. The human appendix, which is thought to be of little use to the body, may actually serve as a reservoir for ...