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Question
What do we call the degenerated or partially developed useless organs in living organisms? Enlist such organs in human body? How the same organs are useful in other animals?
Solution
- Degenerated or partially developed useless organs are called vestigial organs.
- Wisdom tooth, Appendix, Body hairs, Coccyx, are some vestigial organs in human body.
- Coccyx supports the tail in other animals. Body hairs protect from cold.
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