Careful! The appendix could fight back and inflame and if you don’t do anything about it, it can burst and kill!.Really though, while we can live without our appendix, it does serve a purpose. Read: http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/what-does-the-appendix-do/
In one of Aesop’s fables, all the body parts decide to deprive the stomach of food, because all it does is consume. Soon they themselves become weak and malnourished forcing them to end their strike. Similarly, the appendix serves as a vital repository for intestinal bacteria, helping to maintain a diverse population and providing a backup/recovery system when illness causes the system to flush itself, or after the purge of broad spectrum antibiotics.
wizodd about 8 years ago
Turns out it does…it holds backup supplies of gut bacteria—it’s a closet…
bookworm0812 about 8 years ago
Careful! The appendix could fight back and inflame and if you don’t do anything about it, it can burst and kill!.Really though, while we can live without our appendix, it does serve a purpose. Read: http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/what-does-the-appendix-do/
comixbomix about 8 years ago
The award for All-Time Most Poorly Drawn Organs goes to…
halvincobbes Premium Member about 8 years ago
Now they think the appendix is a storage area for good bacteria.
Radish the wordsmith about 8 years ago
Is that last one bacon? Do we have a bacon organ?
Seeker149 Premium Member about 8 years ago
In one of Aesop’s fables, all the body parts decide to deprive the stomach of food, because all it does is consume. Soon they themselves become weak and malnourished forcing them to end their strike. Similarly, the appendix serves as a vital repository for intestinal bacteria, helping to maintain a diverse population and providing a backup/recovery system when illness causes the system to flush itself, or after the purge of broad spectrum antibiotics.