Open AccessA Glimpse Towards the Vestigiality and Fate of Human Vermiform Appendix-A Histomorphometric Study
Author(s) -
Aniruddha Sarkar,
Anubha Saha,
Sohini Roy,
Santanu Pathak,
Shramana Mandal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/11178.5581
Subject(s) - vermiform , appendix , anatomy , biology , thickening , stain , population , haematoxylin , pathology , medicine , staining , chemistry , paleontology , environmental health , polymer science
The vermiform appendix in human is considered to be a vestigial organ by most of the authors. Absence of appendix is already reported in Indian population. Whether the human appendix is performing any function is debatable but when present it can create trouble. So if there is no appendix we can escape the ill-effects of the organ. With this hope the study has been done to see whether the appendix is really going to be rudimentary or absent or not. Marerials and Methods: Length, external diameter, number of lymphoid follicles, maximum diameter of the follicle or submucous coat, thickening of the muscle coat and seromucosal thickening of freshly removed appendix from human cadavers were seen. After fixation in 10% formal saline tissues were stained with haematoxylin-eosin stain and photographs were taken. The results had been tabulated and statistically correlated.