• Scientists discover "new" human organ, the mesentery, that exists in the digestive tract
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[QUOTE]Scientists recently discovered what they are calling a new human organ that exists in the digestive system. Named the mesentery, the organ was previously thought to consist of fragmented and disparate structures. Researchers found, however, that it is one continuous organ and outlined evidence to classify it as such in a review published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]The mesentery is a double fold of the peritoneum, which is the lining of the abdominal cavity. It connects the intestine to the abdomen. While the mesentery’s specific function is still unknown, studying it as an organ could lead to new discoveries about its impact on abdominal diseases.[/QUOTE] source:[URL="http://time.com/4621074/mesentery-organ-human-body/"]http://time.com/4621074/mesentery-organ-human-body/[/URL] video: [video=youtube;MJny4kqjRpM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJny4kqjRpM[/video]
It's amazing that we are still discovering new things about our bodies
[QUOTE=AJ10017;51624503]It's amazing that we are still discovering new things about our bodies[/QUOTE] It's just a phase
My mesentery hurts
We tryin' to know more about space but we still don't know ourselves.
We've known about this organ for a while right? What new information has been brought to the table? I'm kind of struggling to find that out.
[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;51624681]We've known about this organ for a while right? What new information has been brought to the table? I'm kind of struggling to find that out.[/QUOTE] read the article [QUOTE]Named the mesentery, [B]the organ was previously thought to consist of fragmented and disparate structures. Researchers found, however, that it is one continuous organ[/B] and outlined evidence to classify it as such in a review published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology.[/QUOTE]
Sorry boss, i can't come in today, i fractured my mesentery.
[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;51624681]We've known about this organ for a while right? What new information has been brought to the table? I'm kind of struggling to find that out.[/QUOTE] We've decided it's an organ now. That's progress, right?
[QUOTE=Cyr;51624719]read the article[/QUOTE] I did read it, I just thought it would be something cooler. :c
[QUOTE=1/4 Life;51624730]We've decided it's an organ now. That's progress, right?[/QUOTE] considering the mesentery was previously thought to be several separate structures instead of one whole structure, I'm sure knowing that it's actually an entire organ will help to further/improve any medical procedure (or studies) that involves it!! [QUOTE]While the mesentery’s specific function is still unknown, studying it as an organ could lead to new discoveries about its impact on abdominal diseases.[/QUOTE] [editline]4th January 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;51624748]I did read it, I just thought it would be something cooler. :c[/QUOTE] I think that this update in knowledge probably has a bigger impact than what it looks like on face. Maybe not, though! (that's cool, right? plus, like the article says, the specific function of the mesentery is still unknown, so maybe this will help into leading us towards knowing what that is!)
ahh this extra structure of skin isn't absolutely useless you say? its called "mesentery" you say? ahh you're not teaching this gov't educayshun to my kids. it's my doctor and i'll keep em thank you vm
eh, the title is a bit clickbait. we knew about the mesentery for a long while, its just now that we found out more about it
[QUOTE]Interestingly, in one of its earliest descriptions, none other than Leonardo da Vinci identified the membranes as a single structure, according to a recent review.[/QUOTE] Of course he'd knew it
Well, the guy WAS the definition of a Renaissance man, after all. Hell, he drew up designs for a TANK. In the Renaissance era.
[QUOTE=James xX;51624548]It's just a phase[/QUOTE] It's okay, Human Race. I know you're probably confused, but that's normal during this time of your life. You're going to notice a lot of changes. You may grow some social movements in odd places, start having funny feelings about political leaders, and might even discover some new intestinal organs. This is all normal. It's going to be a clumsy, awkward, and scary few decades, but as long as you don't blow yourself up with nuclear weapons or pollute yourself into extinction, you'll eventually grow into a big, strong spacefaring race, and by then this will all seem rather funny to you.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;51625005]It's okay, Human Race. I know you're probably confused, but that's normal during this time of your life. You're going to notice a lot of changes. You may grow some social movements in odd places, start having funny feelings about political leaders, and might even discover some new intestinal organs. This is all normal. It's going to be clumsy, awkward, and scary few decades, but as long as you don't blow yourself up with nuclear weapons or pollute yourself into extinction, you'll eventually grow into a big, strong spacefaring race, and by then this will all seem rather funny to you.[/QUOTE] i love your optimism but humanity is royally fucked and will never escape suffocating itself to death
[QUOTE=sYnced;51625015]i love your optimism but humanity is royally fucked and will never escape suffocating itself to death[/QUOTE] pure distilled pessimism is worse than pure distilled optimism
[QUOTE=ZombieWaffle;51625047]pure distilled pessimism is worse than pure distilled optimism[/QUOTE] i love your opinion. i prefer pessimism purely because it's usually more accurate
[QUOTE=sYnced;51625067]i love your opinion. i prefer pessimism purely because it's usually more accurate[/QUOTE] i disagree! to find reality you must have a balance of both. neither pure pessimism nor optimism is a truly accurate analysis of the world around us. nonetheless let's not derail the thread
If they've only just 'discovered' it now, it clearly can't have a very important function.
As someone who has been stuck with IBS for a while now, this kinda gives me hope that steps are being made in this field.
[quote]While the mesentery’s specific function is still unknown, studying it as an organ could lead to new discoveries about its impact on abdominal diseases. [/quote] I have Crohn's disease and this is like the big E3 announcement of my stomach issues. Get hype lads.
Stock video footage of man rubbing his stomach, expressing a mixture of pain and pleasure Freaking cool though, there must be countless things under our noses that we take for granted but don't actually know to even exist
[QUOTE=DogGunn;51625180]If they've only just 'discovered' it now, it clearly can't have a very important function.[/QUOTE] The news articles are super misleading. We knew it was there, it was just reclassified. It performs a few functions including: Holding up the small and large intestine so it doesn't need to be attached to the abdominal wall directly. Provides blood and such to the intestines.
[QUOTE=kapin_krunch;51626318]I have Crohn's disease and this is like the big E3 announcement of my stomach issues. Get hype lads.[/QUOTE] My great grandmother, my grandmother, and my mother all have crohn's (all of us women in our family don't have much luck w these things) and so I'm with you on that!! I'm glad we're learning more, even if it's seemingly small stuff like this :-)
[QUOTE=LtKyle2;51624621]We tryin' to know more about space but we still don't know ourselves.[/QUOTE] Well tbh human physiology and astronomy aren't really related fields, so scientists from one can't really be put into use for the other. Don't worry, we have enough human beings working in both fields. hell, we have some working on ocean ecology, too, so that way we can also explore the ocean, which is something else we don't know about.
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