Does the appendix have a function
What does your appendix look like? The proper medical term for the appendix is vermiform appendix. This translates to wormlike appendage, a descriptive term for an organ that’s narrow and only 3 to 4 inches long. The appendix — an organ barely 4 inches long — causes much debate among medical professionals. In fact, doctors have trouble deciding if the appendix has any use to the body at all. While everyone agrees that the appendix can be removed without causing any adverse health consequences to the patient, some physicians and researchers believe that the appendix does serve a function as part of the immune system. Others feel that the appendix is a vestigial organ, a remainder from the time when humans regularly dined on tree bark and needed an additional organ to break down the roughage. Along with the disagreement over the true function of the appendix, there is no consensus if humans will always have this organ. Some doctors feel that the evolution of the human body will lead to
