The appendix is a small finger-shaped tube that branches off the first part of the large intestine. The appendix can become inflamed or infected causing pain in the lower right part of the abdomen.
Review Date: 04/25/2008
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, M.D., M.H.A., F.A.C.E.P., Section of Emergency
Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA. Review
provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David
Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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