Another Organ Hiding In The Belly Found By Researchers
Researchers found another organ in the body hiding deeply within our belly, the discovery of this organ could help experts to treat abdominal diseases.
A fold membrane connecting the intestine to the abdomen was found by Irish researchers during their study. Experts previously thought that it was a series of fragmented parts but they found out that it was a continuous organ.
Calvin Coffey, a professor of surgery at University of Limerick’s Graduate Entry Medical School said that mesenteric science could be created through the discovery of the new organ, which may help medical experts to understand better and cure abdominal diseases.
“We are now saying we have an organ in the body which hasn’t been acknowledged as such to date,” said by Coffey quoted by Yahoo.
The medical findings of Coffey were published on the Lancer Gastroenterology and Hepatology, a top medical journal on the digestive system. His finding could help researchers to understand the mesentery’s functions.
Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian Renaissance artist was one of the earliest artists depicts mesentery. He illustrates mesentery as a continuous structure through his subsequent medical drawing.
The folded membrane was first showed through the microscopic analysis of Coffey and his colleagues last 2012. Their analysis shows that the membrane was a single continuous structure.
Coffey and his colleagues continued to gather information and evidence to confirm mesentery’s classification in 4 years. Finally, on November 2016, the team has already published the papers for their review.
Last September 2015, the reclassification of mesentery was also featured on Gray’s anatomy 41st edition, according to Mashable. Coffey also explained that better understanding of mesentery could reduce abdominal surgeries, prevents further complications, and help patients for faster recovery.
He also said that they can categorize this membrane as another organ. He also explained that as of now there was no field for mesenteric science but this study could affect people worldwide.