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[Malyse]

J Calvin Coffey, University of Limerick said: "In the paper, which has been peer reviewed and assessed, we are now saying we have an organ in the body which hasn't been acknowledged as such to date."

The organ in question, known as the mesentery, has been reclassified as a single, continuous organ rather than the series of fragmented, separate structures it was previously believed to be.

"The anatomic description that had been laid down over 100 years of anatomy was incorrect. This organ is far from fragmented and complex. It is simply one continuous structure," Professor Coffey explained.

Located in our digestive system, the mesentery connects our intestine to our abdomen, and although the new evidence sheds light on its composition, functionality is still poorly understood.

"Now we have established anatomy and the structure. The next step is the function. If you understand the function you can identify abnormal function, and then you have disease."

Professor Coffey hopes that this reclassification could be the key to treatment of abdominal and digestive disease, meaning less invasive surgeries, fewer complications, faster patient recovery and lower costs overall.

One of the world's best-known medical textbooks, Gray's Anatomy, has now been updated to include the new discovery.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/01/03/a-brand-new-organ-has-been-found-in-the-human-body/
http://www.ul.ie/research/blog/irish-surgeon-identifies-emerging-area-medical-science

It was described by the Italian polymath Leanardo da Vinci in 1508, but it has been ignored throughout the centuries, until now.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...ssified-abdominal-grays-anatomy-a7507396.html

 

[Admiral Woofington]

That sounds like a deadly skin disease

 

[- J - D -]

Can I sell mine and how much is it worth.

 

[Killer Queen]

How much does it sell for?

 

[HStallion]

Shit my mesentery is starting to hurt now.

 

[Pankratous]

Do I have to download the latest patch for this?

I'll wait and hear the reviews I think.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

spoiler: you had it in you all along

 

[Fat4all]

does it come in rose pink?

 

[Reverend Funk]

da vinci you son of a bitch

 

[PillarEN]

Please censor this news in China. The Falun Gong have suffered enough (and will continue to suffer).

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

Belated christmas gift?

 

[Malyse]

does it come in rose pink?

Incidentally

 

[Regiruler]

Incidentally

Why is there a Metroid inside me.

 

[andythinkpad]

How much does it sell for?

You can sell it for 1 new iPhone 8.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

GAF: How big is your mesentery? Is 11 inches too small?

 

[SalvaPot]

Sounds like the organ responsible for the sinking feeling I get all the time.

 

[Replicant]

I'm inside you....doing something.

 

[v1lla21]

GAF: How big is your mesentery? Is 11 inches too small?

Miniscule. The gaf minimum is 17.

 

[Killer Queen]

You can sell it for 1 new iPhone 8.

Are you making an offer?

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Miniscule. The gaf minimum is 17.

How do you measure it?

 

[sqwarlock]

"Now we have established anatomy and the structure. The next step is the function. If you understand the function you can identify abnormal function, and then you have disease."

BREAKING NEWS: Scientists create new, potentially lethal, disease. Find out how you might already be infected!

OT: I find it fascinating that a new organ can be discovered in 2017 after centuries of anatomical knowledge. I just sort of assumed we were all pretty much figured out by now.

 

[Hickbilly Deluxe]

And just think, in about three weeks there will be all new drugs on the market to help us fix this new organ we never knew we had that we never knew was broken!

 

[GrantDaNasty]

Are there any diseases related to the mesentery that can be lethal?

Can you die from mesentery is what I'm asking? (

Spoiler

Oregon Trail reference/parody

)

 

[bobbychalkers]

And now my college dissection labs are invalidated....

 

[jonjonaug]

So how much will be spent by gastroenterologists on updated bowel diagram pictures?

 

[Air]

Not surprised da Vinci discovered it. Im pretty sure he was a grave robber and studied dead bodies for scientific purposes, but I could be misremembering that bit

 

[rtcn63]

You have died of messing Terry

 

[triplestation]

id rather not have known this

fucking baggage

 

[Ozigizo]

Sounds like something you die of in Oregon Trail.

 

[Poyunch]

Fuuuck why did I open that link. I'm so freaked out about looking in our insides.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Why just last week this wasn't even a thing - clear evidence of evolution at work.
Take that theists!

 

[SomedayTheFire]

Wouldn't trust someone from limerick myself 🤔

 

[bionic77]

:lol suckers still believing the "liberal" scientific community. Didn't those fools also make up global warming? That was disproven many times on Facebook and in blogs.

It ain't real unless it is in the Bible. This is Ameristan. Keep your liberal science devilry out of this great nation.

 

[lord quas]

It was described by the Italian polymath Leanardo da Vinci in 1508, but it has been ignored throughout the centuries, until now.

Well, not ignored by any professor of my faculty anyway... if you are absolutely void of anything resembling 3D orientation (like myself), try learning the rotation of the intestines and the mesentery during embryology and be thoroughly depressed

EDIT: I mean, look at this. I still have no idea what is going on

 

[Einchy]

I don't want it.

 

[metalslimer]

Well developmentally the mesentary all began connecting the primitive gut tube to the abdominal wall. I need to read the paper but I don't really know whyou this is revolutionary and not just a classification thing.

 

[metalslimer]

Well, not ignored by any professor of my faculty anyway... if you are absolutely void of anything resembling 3D orientation (like myself), try learning the rotation of the intestines and the mesentery during embryology and be thoroughly depressed

EDIT: I mean, look at this. I still have no idea what is going on

My professor described the rotation as some crazy Tae Kwan do move lol. It makes sense when you see it in motion at least.

Oops double post.

 

[Saint Gregory]

Looking forward to the GAF threads about how huge everyone's Mesenteries are.

 

[Extra Sauce]

I think I have mesentery cancer.

 

[Manu]

Can I opt out?

 

[LProtag]

I don't want a new organ, get it out of me.

 

[Guevara]

Great, ANOTHER organ to worry about :-/

 

[jvm]

This happened 30 years ago too...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...of-1986/891d5d5e-8647-4c50-815c-b185a98d63b5/

The American Medical Association announces that it has discovered a new human organ, the "bleemus," and that studies show most people probably should have theirs surgically removed.

Followed by...

Former president Gerald R. Ford is reported resting comfortably after undergoing elective surgery to have his bleemus removed.

Spoiler

God, those were the days! When we could joke about silly presidents and not be threatened with nuclear retaliation. *sigh*

Don't ask me why I remember this random line from a Davy Barry Column from 30 years ago. I wasn't even driving age...

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

This happened 30 years ago too...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...of-1986/891d5d5e-8647-4c50-815c-b185a98d63b5/

Followed by...

Spoiler

God, those were the days! When we could joke about silly presidents and not be threatened with nuclear retaliation. *sigh*

Don't ask me why I remember this random line from a Davy Barry Column from 30 years ago. I wasn't even driving age...

Bleemus? No wonder it was disqualified as a real organ.

 

[Mr-Joker]

Why is there a Metroid inside me.

Congratulation, you're pregnant.

 

[Plywood]

Article says

Scientists have confirmed that humans actually have an extra organ that has been hiding in plain sight this whole time.

then goes

J Calvin Coffey, University of Limerick said: “In the paper, which has been peer reviewed and assessed, we are now saying we have an organ in the body which hasn’t been acknowledged as such to date.”

The organ in question, known as the mesentery, has been reclassified as a single, continuous organ rather than the series of fragmented, separate structures it was previously believed to be.

Frames it as "new" when it's been reclassified :[

dontclickbaitme.bro

 

[Zackat]

Textbook companies rejoice

 

[Conciliator]

Amazing there's still stuff in the human body (outside the brain) that we don't understand.

 

[chrisPjelly]

But does it rival the samples of Casio?

 

[FyreWulff]

thanks obama