India, June 11 -- The appendix is a very small finger-like tissue attached to the beginning of the large intestine, in the lower right side of the abdomen. It is popularly known as a vestigial organ, as in one which does not have any function.

It is suggested that the appendix was once used by our ancestors to digest the tough parts of the plant. But as the diet of human beings changed over time, the organ lost its purpose. However, this claim may not be completely true.

Taking to Instagram on June 11, Dr Kunal Sood, a Maryland-based physician in Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Medicine, shared that the appendix is far from being completely useless in modern times, and highlighted the purpose that it serves.

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