What would happen if there was no appendix in our body?

2021-06-09 2021-06-09T11:33:16Z
رنا السيلاوي
رنا السيلاوي
محرر أخبار - قسم التواصل الاجتماعي

Weather of Arabia - The appendix is often thought of as a useless piece of our body. In fact, about 1 in 100,000 people are born without an appendix, according to a report in Case Reports in Surgery. What would human life be like if all humans were created without an appendix?

 

What is an appendix?

The appendix is a small, blocked, worm-shaped pouch that protrudes from the caecum (the beginning of the large intestine). More than 1 in 20 people develop appendicitis, an infection that can sometimes be fatal.

 

 

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
See More
Related News
Very important | 45 minutes is enough to kill you..Video reveals the danger of sleeping in the car with the air conditioner on

Very important | 45 minutes is enough to kill you..Video reveals the danger of sleeping in the car with the air conditioner on

What happens to the human body in extreme weather conditions of 40°C and 100% humidity?!

What happens to the human body in extreme weather conditions of 40°C and 100% humidity?!

Scenes from the Arab Weather app's `Ant Alraased` platform document the formation of tsunami waves caused by the earthquake in Russia this morning, Wednesday.

Scenes from the Arab Weather app's `Ant Alraased` platform document the formation of tsunami waves caused by the earthquake in Russia this morning, Wednesday.

The fiftieth anniversary of summer in the collective heritage of the Arab Levant

The fiftieth anniversary of summer in the collective heritage of the Arab Levant