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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? - Science and Technology 2

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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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- 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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