10 Body Parts You No Longer Need

[Suzanimal]

I didn't even know I had half the things on that list.

[Ronin Truth]

Is there any market for used parts?

[opal]

ok.. so no male nipples? where would we hang the nipple clamps?

[PaulConventionWV]

Yeah, this is stupid. You definitely need your coccyx for proper bowel function. I would like to see someone have theirs removed and see what happens. Also, the appendix is part of the immune system.

Really, what this video means is that "we can't find the purpose for this body part, so it must not exist."

Wrong. We don't even understand much of of how our bodies work, especially the brain. Now we are deeming which body parts are "useless"? This video is the height of hubris of people who make conclusions based on what they don't know. Not to mention, we have known the purposes of some of the body parts on this list for decades and they're still trotting out that same old line about how they're remnants from when we were koala bears or whatever.

There's no excuse for this kind of idiocy.

[Suzanimal]

ok.. so no male nipples? where would we hang the nipple clamps?

Good point. Male nipples are definitely useful.

[Suzanimal]

Is there any market for used parts?

Maybe, whatcha got for sale?


You might want to read Paul's post before you go selling off something important.

[Ronin Truth]

Maybe, whatcha got for sale?


You might want to read Paul's post before you go selling off something important.

Let me check with my suppliers, and I'll get back with you.

[William Tell]

Yeah, well, the scientific high priests recently finally decided that the appendix has a purpose. I will keep all my 'useless' body parts thank you very much.

You never know when you might need them.

[VIDEODROME]

I had my gallbladder out and I'm annoyed that I didn't get to keep it.

[Suzanimal]

I had my gallbladder out and I'm annoyed that I didn't get to keep it.

My husband had a vasectomy and they wouldn't let me have his vas tubes. Apparently, they have to send them in for cancer testing. He wouldn't let me have them after I said I didn't care about vas tube cancer.

[Chester Copperpot]

im sure half these things have purpose that it just not known

[jmdrake]

Yeah, this is stupid. You definitely need your coccyx for proper bowel function. I would like to see someone have theirs removed and see what happens. Also, the appendix is part of the immune system.

Really, what this video means is that "we can't find the purpose for this body part, so it must not exist."

Wrong. We don't even understand much of of how our bodies work, especially the brain. Now we are deeming which body parts are "useless"? This video is the height of hubris of people who make conclusions based on what they don't know. Not to mention, we have known the purposes of some of the body parts on this list for decades and they're still trotting out that same old line about how they're remnants from when we were koala bears or whatever.

There's no excuse for this kind of idiocy.

Yep. The use of the appendix has been known at least since 1999.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...function-of-t/
What is the function of the human appendix? Did it once have a purpose that has since been lost?
October 21, 1999
Loren G. Martin, professor of physiology at Oklahoma State University, replies:
"For years, the appendix was credited with very little physiological function. We now know, however, that the appendix serves an important role in the fetus and in young adults. Endocrine cells appear in the appendix of the human fetus at around the 11th week of development. These endocrine cells of the fetal appendix have been shown to produce various biogenic amines and peptide hormones, compounds that assist with various biological control (homeostatic) mechanisms. There had been little prior evidence of this or any other role of the appendix in animal research, because the appendix does not exist in domestic mammals.

"Among adult humans, the appendix is now thought to be involved primarily in immune functions. Lymphoid tissue begins to accumulate in the appendix shortly after birth and reaches a peak between the second and third decades of life, decreasing rapidly thereafter and practically disappearing after the age of 60. During the early years of development, however, the appendix has been shown to function as a lymphoid organ, assisting with the maturation of B lymphocytes (one variety of white blood cell) and in the production of the class of antibodies known as immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies. Researchers have also shown that the appendix is involved in the production of molecules that help to direct the movement of lymphocytes to various other locations in the body.

"In this context, the function of the appendix appears to be to expose white blood cells to the wide variety of antigens, or foreign substances, present in the gastrointestinal tract. Thus, the appendix probably helps to suppress potentially destructive humoral (blood- and lymph-borne) antibody responses while promoting local immunity. The appendix--like the tiny structures called Peyer's patches in other areas of the gastrointestinal tract--takes up antigens from the contents of the intestines and reacts to these contents. This local immune system plays a vital role in the physiological immune response and in the control of food, drug, microbial or viral antigens. The connection between these local immune reactions and inflammatory bowel diseases, as well as autoimmune reactions in which the individual's own tissues are attacked by the immune system, is currently under investigation.

"In the past, the appendix was often routinely removed and discarded during other abdominal surgeries to prevent any possibility of a later attack of appendicitis; the appendix is now spared in case it is needed later for reconstructive surgery if the urinary bladder is removed. In such surgery, a section of the intestine is formed into a replacement bladder, and the appendix is used to re-create a 'sphincter muscle' so that the patient remains continent (able to retain urine). In addition, the appendix has been successfully fashioned into a makeshift replacement for a diseased ureter, allowing urine to flow from the kidneys to the bladder. As a result, the appendix, once regarded as a nonfunctional tissue, is now regarded as an important 'back-up' that can be used in a variety of reconstructive surgical techniques. It is no longer routinely removed and discarded if it is healthy.

[PaulConventionWV]

Yeah, well, the scientific high priests recently finally decided that the appendix has a purpose. I will keep all my 'useless' body parts thank you very much.

You never know when you might need them.

Or when the scientific high priests eat their words and decide you actually do need them.

[donnay]

Yeah, well, the scientific high priests recently finally decided that the appendix has a purpose. I will keep all my 'useless' body parts thank you very much.

You never know when you might need them.

Yeah I agree. Also the tonsils and the gall bladder. The scientific world like to call these "useless parts," but they all have a function and wouldn't be there if they didn't.

[PaulConventionWV]

im sure half these things have purpose that it just not known

I'll see your half and raise you an "all."

Not to mention that the functions of some of these things actually are known very well, and yet they still choose to be ignorant.

[amy31416]

I think most of these parts have purpose, some more than others and some in certain phases of life. But if your appendix ruptures and you don't have it removed, you'll likely die.

A cousin, an acquaintance and a friend all ended up having to have their gall bladder removed after extreme dieting (two intentional, but my cousin was pregnant and so sick that she could barely eat anything)--apparently gall bladder attacks are incredibly painful. I haven't checked out the connection between diet/gall bladder in a while--but they were all on extremely low fat diets and the attacks were triggered initially by eating high-fat foods after a long phase of very low to no fats.

Obviously not enough examples to draw any hard conclusions from, but might be something to consider.

(Oh, couldn't watch the video for what that's worth.)

[Carlybee]

I had my gallbladder out and I'm annoyed that I didn't get to keep it.

Me too...my thyroid too. Both are sorely missed by my body.

[Carlybee]

I think most of these parts have purpose, some more than others and some in certain phases of life. But if your appendix ruptures and you don't have it removed, you'll likely die.

A cousin, an acquaintance and a friend all ended up having to have their gall bladder removed after extreme dieting (two intentional, but my cousin was pregnant and so sick that she could barely eat anything)--apparently gall bladder attacks are incredibly painful. I haven't checked out the connection between diet/gall bladder in a while--but they were all on extremely low fat diets and the attacks were triggered initially by eating high-fat foods after a long phase of very low to no fats.

Obviously not enough examples to draw any hard conclusions from, but might be something to consider.

(Oh, couldn't watch the video for what that's worth.)

I was told I was predisposed to gallbladder disease due to being part Native American. I've since learned though you can get rid of gallstones all naturally and probably don't need to have it removed.

[William Tell]

Oh, there certainly are cases where you need removal of a body part. There are cases when even limbs must be amputated. But I think people should consider more carefully than they do.

[Suzanimal]