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A snake's pelvic bone is considered vestigial because it is a remnant of ancestral reptiles that had limbs. Over evolutionary time, as snakes adapted to a limbless lifestyle for burrowing and slithering, the pelvic bones lost their original function and became reduced in size. While these bones no longer support limbs, they can still serve some minor functions in reproductive processes. This evolutionary change illustrates how species can adapt to their environments, leading to the loss of certain anatomical features.
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Why is the pelvic girdle in snake is a vestigial?
The pelvic girdle in snakes is vestigial because they have lost their hind limbs during evolution. Since snakes no longer have hind limbs, the pelvic girdle serves no functional purpose and is reduced in size and structure.
Which is an example of a vestigial structure?
tailbone of a human whale pelvis bone
What is the hip-bone of a python?
It is referred to as the pelvic girdle. Boas and pythons are the only snakes that still have them, and that's where their spurs are connected to.
Which is an example of vestigial structure?
Most of the "higher evolved" animals I can think of have a vestigial structure or two. The most common example given is of the vestigial leg structures that can be found in the back of whales. Ostriches can't fly so i think their wings are considered vestigial. Humans have a vestigial tail bone.
How is a human skeleton the same as a snake skeleton?
Both humans and snakes have an exoskeleton made of bone and some cartilage. Both poses a skull, a jaw, vertebrae, and ribs. Some snakes also have a vestigial pelvis.
What is a vestigial structure in a chicken?
Hip bone, leg bone, head bone.
Boa constrictors have tiny pelvic girdles and legs bones within their bodies that are nonfunctional what is that called?
The nonfunctional vestigial pelvic girdle and limb bones in boa constrictors are referred to as pelvic spurs or pelvic vestiges. These remnants are thought to be remnants of their evolutionary history when their ancestors had functional legs.
Is the willie part of the pelvic bone?
The penis is a soft tissue structure and is not part of the pelvic bone.
What bone protects the ovaries?
pelvic bone
What bones of the human body differ in males and female?
The shape of the pelvic bones and the frontal bones differ.
Which bone is called the coccyx?
That is the tail bone.
Where is the pelvic?
I think the pelvic is near your hip bone. :D
