Always made me wonder this one, well - I finally decided to find out...

Here you go:

[url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6270036.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6270036.stm[/url]

Another case solved

Jamie

My my Jamie, we are a little fountain of knowledge today aren't we?!
Are you bored at work or something??!!!!!

Ahhhhh, busted

J

Not so much busted, more like empathy!

I've got one for you J, what are your appendix for??

If we need them why can we have them taken out without collapsing and dieing!!

they were there for when early man used to eat grass and stuff and hence why we don't need them anymore

But what do they do?

And a more important question ... can we sell them on ebay??

now they don't do anything i believe, and a cop out answer to the ebay question is no as they don't allow you to sell body organs.

Damn ebay why no organs i was looking to make some quick cash!!

I thought u said they didnt sell organs

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hammond-A100-Tonewheel-Organ-Leslie_W0QQitemZ330155043993QQihZ014QQcategoryZ16219QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdViewItem"]Organs[/url]

You can die quite easily if a piece of crap gets lodged in your Appendix as well - apparently

Jamie

[quote name='Rikos' post='463964' date='Aug 20 2007, 12:36 PM']I've got one for you J, what are your appendix for??

If we need them why can we have them taken out without collapsing and dieing!![/quote]

[i][b]"Its major importance would appear to be financial support of the surgical profession."

Alfred Sherwood Romer and Thomas S. Parsons
The Vertebrate Body (1986), p. 389.
[/b][/i]

i thought that was the labour party

[quote name='Jamie' post='464057' date='Aug 20 2007, 02:08 PM']You can die quite easily if a piece of crap gets lodged in your Appendix as well - apparently

Jamie[/quote]

A surgical lesson for you....

The appendix is what is referred to as a 'blind tube' located in the right lower abdominal quadrant. The appendix has no special function and can be removed without any ill effects if infection/inflammation becomes present. Inflammation commonly begins in the area called the mucosa following a breach in the epithilium which allows bowel products (or 'crap' as you refer to it!) into the blind tube. Because it has nowhere to go, it accumulates and cause pain. This then leads on to obstruction and an infection called peritonitis. Commonly described as a 'dull, constant' pain located around the midline-epigastric region - pain is exacerbated by coughing and may have 'rebound' tenderness to rt lower quad.

That is what can happen if a peice of 'crap' gets lodged in your appendix. See, I'm not just a pretty face. (not even that I don't think!)

Keith

Thank you for that Keith, i can now sleep tonight knowing that i'm ok as long as i have a cr*p before

Just make sure when you do that it's not little pellets because that's a pre-disposing factor! Honestly, I wish I'd never gone into my job - every single thing you do is a symptom of something hideous!

[quote name='WylieCoyote' post='465151' date='Aug 23 2007, 04:14 PM']That is what can happen if a peice of 'crap' gets lodged in your appendix. See, I'm not just a pretty face. (not even that I don't think!)

Keith[/quote]
No, not just a pretty face, but one that knows how to use the Google Search function lol

Thank you though, it was just when I was at school, my teacher referred to it as faeces

J

[quote name='Jamie' post='465160' date='Aug 23 2007, 04:25 PM'][quote name='WylieCoyote' post='465151' date='Aug 23 2007, 04:14 PM']That is what can happen if a peice of 'crap' gets lodged in your appendix. See, I'm not just a pretty face. (not even that I don't think!)

Keith[/quote]
No, not just a pretty face, but one that knows how to use the Google Search function lol

Thank you though, it was just when I was at school, my teacher referred to it as faeces

J
[/quote]


Not google, my knowledge comes from 7 years working in emergency medicine and surgery. Although even though my medical knowledge is the size of a small planet, I still don't understand women. What are you actually supposed to say when they say 'which is more me, the green or the blue?'

Was only joshin' amigo Congrats on the dedication, certainly seems like it's paid off...

[quote name='Jamie' post='465164' date='Aug 23 2007, 04:29 PM']Was only joshin' amigo Congrats on the dedication, certainly seems like it's paid off... [/quote]

I know you were Only problem with dedication = no social life lol!

It's ok Keith you've got us now

Aww, do you know that actually makes me feel better I was there thinking I'd die hopeless and alone

I love you guys hehe

[quote name='WylieCoyote' post='465151' date='Aug 23 2007, 04:14 PM'][quote name='Jamie' post='464057' date='Aug 20 2007, 02:08 PM']You can die quite easily if a piece of crap gets lodged in your Appendix as well - apparently

Jamie[/quote]

A surgical lesson for you....

The appendix is what is referred to as a 'blind tube' located in the right lower abdominal quadrant. The appendix has no special function and can be removed without any ill effects if infection/inflammation becomes present. Inflammation commonly begins in the area called the mucosa following a breach in the epithilium which allows bowel products (or 'crap' as you refer to it!) into the blind tube. Because it has nowhere to go, it accumulates and cause pain. This then leads on to obstruction and an infection called peritonitis. Commonly described as a 'dull, constant' pain located around the midline-epigastric region - pain is exacerbated by coughing and may have 'rebound' tenderness to rt lower quad.

That is what can happen if a peice of 'crap' gets lodged in your appendix. See, I'm not just a pretty face. (not even that I don't think!)

Keith
[/quote]

I had mine out at the Lister Hospital in Hitchin in 1956. I cannot honestly say that I have missed it . . . . . . .

Here's the little blighter that haints people's lives at times:

[img]http://www.limbsandthings.com/images/large/50122x.jpg[/img]

Just so you know what we're dealing with here lol...

And if you're really interested, here's how to process the specimen
[url="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/555549/vermiform_appendix/"]http://www.metacafe.com/watch/555549/vermiform_appendix/[/url]

Here's another little video



Jamie

The "Creationists" make an interesting argument about the appendix.

They argue that man was created "fully formed" by *** and that every part of him (and her) must therefore have a use.

Those who believe in evolution suggest that the appendix is the vestigial remains of an organ that was useful in man's early evolution, but no longer fulfils any useful purpose. Anyone who accepts this evolutionary argument must believe that man has developed slowly over the millennia from an earlier and less developed being and could not therefore have been created in his present form by ***.

If you believe in the "Creation" you shouldn't have your appendix out . . . . .

I have just discovered that the word for the deity is censored by this site . . . . . .

Indeed, He Almighty is filtered, so as not to be used as blasphemy and profanity.

You are right though and whatever anyone's beliefs on Humanity and Creation etc, the human body is a most sophisticated entity.

Jamie

[quote name='Jamie' post='465191' date='Aug 23 2007, 05:50 PM']Indeed, He Almighty is filtered, so as not to be used as blasphemy and profanity.[/quote]

He Almighty? I thought his first name was Bruce?

No it's Morgan Freeman