Why Your Appendix Actually Matters
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You've likely heard that your appendix is totally useless, a left over organ from our evolutionary past: but turns out, it it may be doing something important after all! Learn more with Stefan Chin in a fun new biology episode of SciShow!
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Sources:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1631068316300653
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30606811
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25588621
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1044532318300010
https://www.jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-3468(17)30570-5/fulltext
https://www.healthline.com/health/appendicitis
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You've likely heard that your appendix is totally useless, a left over organ from our evolutionary past: but turns out, it it may be doing something important after all! Learn more with Stefan Chin in a fun new biology episode of SciShow!
SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org
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Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow
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Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters
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Sources:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1631068316300653
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30606811
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25588621
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1044532318300010
https://www.jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-3468(17)30570-5/fulltext
https://www.healthline.com/health/appendicitis
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Images:
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/human-digestive-system-anatomy-gm1028277968-275651162
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/australian-animals-gm578113418-99372661
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/farm-animals-gm610232370-104709955
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/opossum-one-of-the-most-bloodthirsty-animals-gm644665492-116975805
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/the-human-intestinal-structure-medical-diagram-structure-of-the-digestive-organs-gm1129799882-298581710
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/human-digestive-organs-vector-illustration-gm609440688-104438979
https://www.videoblocks.com/video/surgeons-performing-a-medical-operation-13-of-15-vi39nfr
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