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Ileum, caecum and colon of rabbit, showing Appendix vermiformis on fully functional caecum The human vermiform appendix on the vestigial caecum. The appendix was once believed to be a vestige of a redundant organ that in ancestral species had digestive functions, much as it still does in extant species in which intestinal flora hydrolyze cellulose and similar indigestible plant materials. [10]
The Midrash of Ki-Tetze [כי תצא] claims that Moses was born aposthic. Other sources [which?] that Jacob, his son Gad and King David were also born aposthic. The book Abot De-Rabbi Natan (The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan) contains a list of persons from the Israelite Scriptures that were "born circumcised": Adam, Seth, Noah, Shem, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, the wicked Balaam, Samuel, David ...
Congenital amputation is birth without a limb or limbs, or without a part of a limb or limbs.. It is known to be caused by blood clots forming in the fetus while in utero (vascular insult) and from amniotic band syndrome: fibrous bands of the amnion that constrict fetal limbs to such an extent that they fail to form or actually fall off due to missing blood supply.
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Many people with situs inversus totalis are unaware of their unusual anatomy until they seek medical attention for an unrelated condition, such as a rib fracture or a bout of appendicitis. The condition may also be discovered during the administration of certain medicines or during tests such as a barium meal or enema . [ 3 ]
The filmmaker, who was born without a womb, has now created a short film to raise awareness of the rare condition. "To be told I haven't got a womb and not be able to carry my own child, was ...
I didn’t know other people had the same problem as me.” She was born with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome , a condition that means she was born without a uterus, vagina, or cervix.
Nick Vujicic, a motivational speaker who was born with tetra-amelia syndrome, speaking during the session "Inspired for a Lifetime" at the Annual Meeting 2011 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on 30 January 2011. [4] [5] Joanne O'Riordan (born 1996), Irish activist and sports journalist