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7 organs you could live without

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The human body is an incredibly complex machine made up of systems of organs all working together to keep things humming along smoothly. So you’d think that taking anything out would make the whole thing break down, right? SciShow explains what organs humans can live without and how the body adapts to these changes.

When surgeons perform a total gastrectomy, they take out the whole stomach and attach the esophagus directly to the:

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