7 Organs You Could Totally Live Without
Most people know that they don't need their appendix, but what other organs can humans live without? Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.p...
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[♪ INTRO] The human body is an incredibly complex machine made up of systems of organs all working together to keep things humming along smoothly. So you’d think that taking anything out would make the whole thing break down. But of course, lots of people live without some of their organs. Like, you’re better off without an appendix if it’s giving you a problem, for example. And you can afford to lose all kinds of more important organs, too, like a giant chunk of your liver or even an entire lung. Because yeah, your body is a finely tuned machine — if you don’t mind me saying so — but it also has a bunch of redundancies that allow it to adapt to some pretty extreme changes. So here are just a few of the bits you can live without. Numb...
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[♪ INTRO] The human body is an incredibly complex machine made up of systems of organs all working together to keep things humming along smoothly. So you’d think that taking anything out would make the whole thing break down. But of course, lots of people live without some of their organs. Like, you’re better off without an appendix if it’s giving you a problem, for example. And you can afford to lose all kinds of more important organs, too, like a giant chunk of your liver or even an entire lung. Because yeah, your body is a finely tuned machine — if you don’t mind me saying so — but it also has a bunch of redundancies that allow it to adapt to some pretty extreme changes. So here are just a few of the bits you can live without. Numb...
