Including one that acted as a kneecap in Old World monkeys THERE are 78 organs in the human body, and hundreds more parts if you count individual bones, muscles and glands. While we rely on many of ...

You know that little pink part in the inside corner of your eyeball, right next to the bridge of your nose? It's the kind of feature that you look at all the time without really noticing, but it's ...

If you pick up a mirror and look at the inner corners of your eyes, you’ll notice some pink stuff. The bigger bit right at the edge is the lacrimal caruncle, a structure that protects the glands that ...

Plus, the nine genuinely ‘pointless’ body parts you never knew existed - from your plica semilunaris to Darwin’s tubercle BEHIND your chest wall sits a small fatty gland called the thymus. The ...

I don’t have mine. Chances are, you don’t have yours either – but we’re none the worse off without it. That would be the appendix, often referred to as a useless organ. We needed it in the past, ...

There are a number of body parts that do not serve any purpose in our bodies anymore. Yes, “anymore” because they were once useful to our ancestors but because of evolution, they’re now just there, ...

Anyone who’s ever been through the unpleasant experience of appendicitis would ask why we needed an appendix in the first place. The same goes for wisdom teeth and tonsils. But did you know there are ...