Where is my appendix?

Right Lower Quad: Your appendix is in the right lower quadrant of your abdomen. Holly:tell the patient what you have been taught- put thumb on asis(that bone that sticks out at the bottom of the lower right side of your belly) and your 5th finger(pinky) on the edge of the pubic bone (near where the hair ends) extend index finger and find where appendix usually is.

Right lower abdomen: Think of your appendix as a "finger shaped" appendage that hangs off the beginning of your large intestines in the vicinity of your right lower abdomen. One needs to be careful, though in that even though it is located in the right lower abdomen, an acute appendicitis can present with left sided abdominal pain.

Not much: Except causes appendicitis and generates surgery for surgeons.

Vestigial organ: By and large appendix has no function and its removal does not cause any untoward affects in the human body.It is theorised that in ancient man appendix had a function in absorption as humans could eat bark of a tree but new research from oklahoma state universaty reveals that it plays role in fetal stage around 11th week has endocrine cells .These produce biogenic amines&peptide hormones in fetus.

Immune system?: Researchers believe that the appendix does serve a function as part of the immune system. Others feel that the appendix is a vestigial organ, once used as part of digestive process.

In almost all: Cases, in the right lower quadrant of abdomen. However, the tip of it can lie in the pelvis, behind the cecum in the retrocecal position, right upper quadrant, or even on the left side. So the pain could be in any of these locations.

Right lower abdomen: Usually located in right lower quadrant of abdomen. Appendix sits at the junction of the small intestine and large intestine. It’s a thin tube about four inches long.