HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -The appendix is a worm-shaped tube attached to the large intestine in the human body. It is an organ that is credited with very little significance and often removed indiscriminately to avoid complications due to infection.

Detailed explanation-2: -After intense diarrhea, the appendix repopulates and reboots the intestine with good bacteria before harmful bacteria finds a home there. Humans aren’t the only creatures with an appendix; about 533 mammal species live with an appendix.

Detailed explanation-3: -appendix, formally vermiform appendix, in anatomy, a vestigial hollow tube that is closed at one end and is attached at the other end to the cecum, a pouchlike beginning of the large intestine into which the small intestine empties its contents. It is not clear whether the appendix serves any useful purpose in humans.

Detailed explanation-4: -The appendix is a vestigial organ and does not play any role in the process of digestion. Lungs play an important role in excretion, as lungs eliminate carbon dioxide and by the process of exhalation.