What Is Your Appendix?

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Your teachers in Science and Biology have probably highlighted the importance of each part of your body in such a way that losing one part would definitely become detrimental to the other organs. This is presumably why you fear losing one of your kidneys, your ovaries, and even your external body parts like your arms and legs. But did you know that there is one tiny part of your body that can be surgically removed and yet would not even affect the entire bodily system to which it belongs?

This is called your appendix.

Scientifically termed as the vermiform appendix, this part of your body is illustrated as a small blind-ended narrow tube that is attached to your cecum located in your colon. In the average measurement, your appendix measures up to 20 cm. If you look in an anatomical diagram, you would see the appendix near the hip bone on the right side, just below the abdomen.

Although an inborn part of your body, doctors find it difficult to distinguish the function of your appendix. Some medical professionals maintain that your appendix helps in protecting good bacteria for your body's immune system. It is also found in other researches that the appendix contains lymphatic tissue that is responsible for the propagation of antibodies.

However, it does not erases the proven fact that should you contact any problem with your appendix and your doctors have felt that it just has to be surgically removed you still would not experience any other complications. This is why you have probably noticed that people with appendicitis are suggested to be treated via appendectomy, or the removal of the appendix, without seeming complications.

Appendicitis, the most common disease related to the appendix, is the inflammation of the said organ. In most cases, a severe stomachache on the right side is the first symptom. You should start consulting a doctor if the pain becomes chronic and you have already experienced fever and nausea. You have to be very careful in asserting your condition because unattended conditions of the appendix may cause a rupture. In this stage, the infection can spread throughout your abdomen.

While your appendix may not be as important as other parts of your abdomen, it still is better if it does not require you to undergo surgery. So, be on your best vigilant behavior and take care of your small abdominal friend.

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