Biology, asked by rangrezneda, 1 year ago

6.Define vestigial organs.Write names of some vestigal organs in human body and write the names of those animals in whom same organs are functional.

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Answered by Anonymous
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Organs which were there in our ancestors but no longer present in us are vestigal...

Eg nictating membrane in eyes,tail...

Nictating membrane in frog and tail in monkeys is functional..

Darkavenger17: absolutely correct
Anonymous: Thnx
rangrezneda: can i write this ans in my notebook its exercise of lesson no 1 science 2 std 10 new syllabus
Anonymous: The other ans is better..
Answered by Darkavenger17
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Organs which were present in our ancestors , but now are not present in us ,and are also of no use now are called vestigial organs.


tail, nictating membrane of eyes.

and also the appendix in the intestinal part used to be larger and longer and was of a use,
but today it has became very shorter and now it proves to be not useful anymore.
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