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.
No, the claws of a lion are not vestigial.
Vestigial - [veh-stij-ee-uhl]
The opposite of vestigial organs would be functionalorgans.
Vestigial means a very small remnant of something once larger. The appendix is a vestigial organ. Some people are born with vestigial tails.
The opposite of vestigial organs would be functionalorgans.
No. DNA is not a vestigial structure as it has not ceased to function
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
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 StructureA vestigial structure is a structure that appears to no longer have a use in the body.
The appendix is a vestigial organ.