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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?
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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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