Pumpkin seeds, also called pepitas, are commonly roasted and salted for a snack or garnish. They are also used as a crust for fish or chicken. Pumpkin seeds, whether roasted at home or purchased hulled, make a nutritious snack.
The appendix -- an organ barely 4 inches long -- causes much debate among medical professionals. In fact, doctors have trouble deciding if the appendix has any use to the body at all. While everyone agrees that the appendix can be removed without causing any adverse health consequences to the patient, some physicians and researchers believe that the appendix does serve a function as part of the immune system.
The role of the Appendix is still a mystery to science, but some recent research has led some scientists to believe it is part of the fetal endocrine system, helping to supp â¦ ort the homeostasis of the fetus. This is not the case after birth, and the appendix starts to fill with lymphoid tissue. This has given scientists the idea that the Appendix is part of the Immune System.