Where is the appendix located on the body
Where Is The Appendix Located In The Body?
hey what's up you guys - block Parker I
am a board certified general surgeon and
in this video we're going to talk about
appendix location just one thing I want
to mention I don't have a scrubs on or
anything I'll have a white coat because
I'm at home and I don't really aware
that's up at home a but like some of my
friends were that at because they're
like family medicine doctors or
pediatricians who don't really wear
scrubs all the time in the hospital or
don't need to wear scrubs really so they
wear them at home like impress their
wife or their neighbors or something but
I don't really do that cuz I wear them
all the time and everybody knows so it's
not really that big of a deal to me to
wear that stuff and the Cetaphil thing
like I'm not going to be you know listen
to somebody's heart during this video so
I don't really need to wear stethoscope
some doctors do that stuff but I don't
anyway so we're going to talk about
appendix location because you guys ask
me all the time which side is the
appendix right where is the appendix
which side is it here is it in your
right ear is it in your left ear no it's
in your abdomen so we're going to talk
about the appendix in the appendix
location so if you haven't seen if you
want to know like all about the appendix
I have some other videos you know check
those out but this one's going to be
specifically about the appendix location
so let me tell you a little anatomy
first this is the anatomic position and
this over here is my right side and this
over here is my left side so this is the
right lower quadrant for the right side
of the abdomen that's where the cecum is
and the appendix is located off the end
of the cecum d the appendix is a tubular
structure in the bowels off the end of
the colon that we don't really know what
it does we think that maybe it has some
immune function at some point but we
kind of don't think it does anything now
we take them out all the time because
they get sick actually the attendings
gets blocked at the base of the Appendix
it'll get blocked and then the bacteria
proliferate and then you'll develop pain
but you want to talk if you want to know
about the appendix pain check out my
other video about the appendix pain but
this one's location so as you can
imagine the C comes on the right side
the appendix is also on the right side
so it is in a belly what we like to call
the abdomen that's doctor folks and it
is off the end of the cecum and so it's
actually down lower when you
have appendicitis the point of maximum
tenderness we would like to call it's
called McBurney's point and that is
between the ASIS or the anterior
superior iliac spine if you're a doctor
you want to say fancy words or the hip
bones are here on the right hand side
and between that and your belly button
so it's about sometimes half way
sometimes one-third of the way between
those two things and so that is the
point of maximum tenderness when you
have appendicitis so question you're
probably watching this video for is
where the hell is the appendix and which
side is it because I have a bunch of
pain it's my left side I have left side
of belly pain it ain't the appendix
unless you possibly have malrotation
which is a whole nother ball of wax I'll
do another video on that and a very
small amount of people may have left
upper quadrant tenderness and that could
be their appendix for most of you normal
ask people is the right lower quadrant
or the right side of the abdomen on the
bottom that's where the appendix is
between the hip bone and the belly
button so I hope that helps you with
locating the appendix and if you have
pain if it's in the right lower quadrant
maybe you want to be concerned about
that usually it doesn't go on for much
more than a couple days before you say
holy Sh I have to go to the hospital
right now if it's been a month it's not
the appendix of something else
so you watch one of the videos if you
want to you know learn more about the
appendix or hernias or gall bladders and
all that good stuff or if you're a
medical student and you want to learn
about more about being a medical student
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you in the next one
take care
