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The digestive system is my favorite system! Without it you would not survive. Our digestive system is how we break down food into nutrients that feed our cells and give us energy to move, talk, grow, think, reproduce, and all the other crazy things that humans do.
Although each of the parts of the digestive system has specific and important functions, shockingly, you can survive without some of the parts. For example, morbidly obese individuals can have their stomach entirely removed in a procedure called a gastric bypass. In this surgery, the small intestine is linked directly to the esophagus thus “bypassing” the stomach. You can also live without your appendix. In fact, it sometimes negatively impacts health as it can become infected (have you ever known someone who had their appendix burst?). The appendix was thought to be a “vestigial organ” meaning that at one point in evolutionary history, we humans had a need for it, but now we don’t; however, there is recent evidence that the appendix is an important hotbed for beneficial bacteria that help us digest food.
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