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Monday, January 9, 2017

MESENTERY- NEW ORGAN DISCOVERED INSIDE HUMAN BODY

MESENTERY- NEW ORGAN DISCOVERED INSIDE HUMAN BODY
മനുഷ്യ ശരീരത്തില്പുതിയ അവയവം
A new organ has been discovered hiding in plain sight inside the human body.
Known as the mesentery, it was previously thought to be just a few fragmented structures in the digestive system.But scientists have realised it is in fact one, continuous organ. Although its function is still unclear, the discovery opens up “a whole new area of science,” according to J Calvin Coffey, a researcher at the University Hospital Limerick who first discovered it.  "When we approach it like every other organ… we can categorise abdominal disease in terms of this organ," he said.
“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. Put them all together and you have the field of mesenteric science.”The research has been published in The Lancet medical journal. Following its reclassification, medical students are now being taught that the mesentery is a distinct organ. Gray’s Anatomy, the world’s most famous medical textbook, has been updated to include the new definition. Medical students and researchers can now investigate what role the mesentery might play in abdominal diseases, which it is hoped could ultimately lead to new treatments.
The organ is a double fold of peritoneum - the lining of the abdominal cavity - that holds our intestine to the wall of our abdomen.It was described by the Italian polymath Leanardo da Vinci in 1508, but it has been ignored throughout the centuries, until now.Although there are generally considered to be five organs in the human body, there are in fact now 79, including the mesentery.heart, brain, liver, lungs and kidneys are the vital organs, but there are another 74 that play a role in keeping us healthy.

മനുഷ്യശരീരത്തിലെ ദഹനേന്ദ്രിയവ്യവസ്ഥയില്‍ പുതിയ അവയവം ഐറിഷ് ശാസ്ത്രജ്ഞര്‍ കണ്ടെത്തി. ‘മെസെന്ററി’ എന്നറിയപ്പെടുന്ന ഈ അവയവം, ദഹനേന്ദ്രിയവ്യൂഹത്തിന്റെ ഭാഗമായാണ് ഇതുവരെ കരുതിയിരുന്നത്. എന്നാല്‍, ഇതൊരു ഒറ്റ അവയവമാണെന്നാണ് ഇപ്പോള്‍ തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നത്. ഇതോടെ ശരീരത്തിലെ മൊത്തം അവയവങ്ങളുടെ എണ്ണം 79 ആയി. മെസെന്റെറിയുടെ ധര്‍മമെന്തെന്ന് വ്യക്തമായിട്ടില്ല. കണ്ടെത്തല്‍ പുതിയ പഠനശാഖയ്ക്ക് തുടക്കമിടുമെന്ന് ലിമെറിക്കിിലെ ഗവേഷകന്‍ ജെ. കാല്‍വിന്‍ പറഞ്ഞു.
Prof. John Kurakar

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