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数千年来，人类一直在研究自身的解剖构造。直到今天，科学家们仍在不断揭示人体的新秘密。据美国全国广播公司3月28日报道，科研人员可能偶然发现了人体内一种前所未知的器官——间质（interstitium）。这一发现有望大大加深人们对包括癌症在内的各项疾病的认识。今天的常用英语口语资讯我们了解一下这项重大的发现！
一、新器官的发现意味着“解剖学的革命”Ever heard of the interstitium? No? That's OK, you're not alone – scientists hadn't either. Until recently. And, hey, guess what – you've got one! The interstitium is your newest organ. Scientists identified it for the first time because they are better able to observe living tissues at a microscopic scale, according to a recent study published inScientific Reports.
听说过interstitium（间质）吗？没有？没关系，你不是一个人。科学家也是最近才发明的这个词。但你猜怎么着，你也有这玩意儿——根据最近发表的一项研究，它是科学家最新发现的人体器官。如今，科学家能够在微观尺度上更好地观察活体组织，所以首次发现了这个器官。
However, whether the interstitial substance is an independent organ remains to be further studied. One of the authors of the paper, Neil D Taize, professor of pathology at New York University, said that anyway, scholars’understanding of the interstitial means “an anatomical revolution that will affect every organ in the body.”
不过，间质到底是不是一个独立的器官，还有待进一步研究进行解答。但论文作者之一、纽约大学病理学教授Neil D 泰泽表示，无论如何，学者对间质的理解意味着“解剖学的革命，将影响人体的每一个器官。”
二、器官就在眼皮底下Scientists had long believed that connective tissue surrounding our organs was a thick, compact layer. That's what they saw when they looked at it in the lab, outside the body, at least.
以前，科学家一直认为，包围人体器官的结缔组织是厚实的、紧密的。至少，当他们将结缔组织取出体外、在实验室里仔细观察时，看到的是上述现象。
But in a routine endoscopy (exploration of the gastrointestinal tract), a micro camera revealed something unexpected.
然而，在一次常规胃肠道内镜检查中，医生透过显微摄像头，发现了出乎意料的事情。
When observed in a living body, the connective tissue turned out to be "an open, fluid-filled space supported by a lattice made of thick collagen bundles," pathologist and study author Neil Theise told ResearchGate.
研究作者、病理学家Neil Theise表示：原来，直接观察活体时，结缔组织是“充满液体的开放空间，由厚胶原纤维束构成的格架所支撑”。这个通道网络遍布全身。作为柔软有弹性的缓冲物，它能够保护器官在身体活动时免遭外部冲击。
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