As I know there are more than 100 vestigial organs in the human body , so please can I have all the names of those organs?
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I would be interested to see the list of 180 vestigial organs/body parts; that’s a lot more than I’ve ever heard of. “Vestigial” can be a slippery term; a body part can have a lost one function but acquired another function and be considered vestigial, so the question does not necessarily embody a contradiction. A function in the present could be little known, recently discovered or otherwise overlooked. Some are consequences of the way a fetus develops and grows.
Nipples on males are due to early development occurring before sexual differentiation; as long as they are so important within adult females they will be retained by adult males.
The human appendix is now thought (by some) to be useful by retaining beneficial gut microbes during bouts of digestive illness and helping them re-establish after.
Human body hairs (something I’ve had a long running interest in, because the myth that they have no function, despite being so pervasive, is so obviously wrong) no longer provide insulation and protection from direct sunlight but have a significant function that almost certainly came before those - extending the sense of touch beyond the surface of the skin.
It’s likely that hairs were sensory organs in the earliest mammals, long before they functioned as insulation; even animals that appear hairless, like hippopotamus or mole rats or even whales, have some hairs and they are almost always sensory organs. In humans the smallish body hairs are actually more sensitive than the ordinary hairs of related apes, due to the exceptionally rich nerve supply in the hair follicles. They are the first line of defence against biting bugs - detection. I have personally avoided bites by the toxic Australian Paralysis Tick because I felt their presence before they bit me, via small hairs.
Nipples on males are due to early development occurring before sexual differentiation; as long as they are so important within adult females they will be retained by adult males.
The human appendix is now thought (by some) to be useful by retaining beneficial gut microbes during bouts of digestive illness and helping them re-establish after.
Human body hairs (something I’ve had a long running interest in, because the myth that they have no function, despite being so pervasive, is so obviously wrong) no longer provide insulation and protection from direct sunlight but have a significant function that almost certainly came before those - extending the sense of touch beyond the surface of the skin.
It’s likely that hairs were sensory organs in the earliest mammals, long before they functioned as insulation; even animals that appear hairless, like hippopotamus or mole rats or even whales, have some hairs and they are almost always sensory organs. In humans the smallish body hairs are actually more sensitive than the ordinary hairs of related apes, due to the exceptionally rich nerve supply in the hair follicles. They are the first line of defence against biting bugs - detection. I have personally avoided bites by the toxic Australian Paralysis Tick because I felt their presence before they bit me, via small hairs.
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i just know a few like:
wisdom tooth
Coccyx
appendix
Vomeronasal organ
Darwin's Tubercle
Nicitating Membrane
Hymen
Epoophoron
Vesicular appendages of Epoophoron
Paroophoron
Garner's Duct
Musculature
Occipitalis Minor
Palmaris Longus muscle
Pyramidalis Muscle
Latissimus Dorsi Muscle
Plantaris Muscle
Supernumerary Nipples
Chondroglossus muscle.
SORRY I WAS NOT ABLE TO TELL YOU ALL OF EM ,
BUT I HOPE THIS HELPS !!
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