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Does Biology deal with the human body? If so, do you know anything about the appendix?


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The human appendix is discussed in the following article:
http://146.139.100.40/webpages/askasci/mole00/mole00225.htm
and
http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/medicine/medicine8.html
Steve Sample (01/26/2002) =========================================================

In other mammals it is greatly enlarged and contains bacteria that help the animal digest plant materials such as cellulose. In these animals it is called the "caecum".

--ProfBill


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