Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a vestige.
Yes. But it is a vestigial structure, meaning the ancestors needed them, but they are useless to the current creature.
Vestigial StructureA vestigial structure is a structure that appears to no longer have a use in the body.
Vestigial - [veh-stij-ee-uhl]
The opposite of vestigial organs would be functionalorgans.
No, the claws of a lion are not vestigial.
Vestigial means a very small remnant of something once larger. The appendix is a vestigial organ. Some people are born with vestigial tails.
No. DNA is not a vestigial structure as it has not ceased to function
The opposite of vestigial organs would be functionalorgans.
The appendix is considered a vestigial organ in the human alimentary canal. It is a small pouch connected to the beginning of the large intestine and is believed to have had a role in digestion in our evolutionary ancestors, but now serves no clear function in humans.
Vestigial refers to something that is no longer needed or useful. Our appendixes are an example of a vestigial organ-they serve no biological purpose
Vestigial StructureA vestigial structure is a structure that appears to no longer have a use in the body.
The appendix is a vestigial organ.