MESENTERY- NEW ORGAN DISCOVERED
INSIDE HUMAN BODY
മനുഷ്യ ശരീരത്തില് പുതിയ 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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