What medical professionals previously thought was just dense connective tissue is actually a complicated network of fluid-filled, connect compartments. Named the “interstitium,” New Atlas reports that the implications of the discovery are far reaching, as the organ could play a role in the way that cancer metastasizes — the fluid-filled compartments reportedly work as a type of “pre-lymph system, draining fluid into the body’s vital lymphatic systems.”
Science has just discovered a new ‘organ’ and it’s everywhere in your body – Read more: https://t.co/vOYYQ81AZk pic.twitter.com/LWZN149eKX
— CTV Ottawa (@ctvottawa) March 28, 2018
This discovery brings the total organ count in the human body up to 80, and could knock skin off its top spot as the largest.
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