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island-dwelling birds; the human vomeronasal organ; and the hindlimbs of the snake and whale. Vestigial features may take various forms; for example,...

structures once identified as vestigial simply had an unrecognized function. Vestigial organs are sometimes called rudimentary organs. Many human characteristics...

Latin and means "worm-shaped". The appendix was once considered a vestigial organ, but this view has changed since the early 2000s. Research suggests...

primates. Some humans may have physical remnants of a VNO, but it is vestigial and non-functional. The VNO contains the cell bodies of sensory neurons...

A supernumerary nipple is an additional instance of nipple occurring in mammals, including humans and monkeys. They are often mistaken for moles. Studies...

The third molar, commonly called wisdom tooth, is the most posterior of the three molars in each quadrant of the human dentition. The age at which wisdom...

doi:10.1017/S0001566000010011. PMID 596117. Spinney, Laura (2008). "Vestigial organs: Remnants of evolution". New Scientist. 198 (2656): 42. doi:10...

A vestigial twin is a form of parasitic twinning, where the parasitic "twin" is so malformed and incomplete that it typically consists entirely of extra...

The epoophoron or epoöphoron (also called organ of Rosenmüller or the parovarium; pl.: epoophora) is a remnant of the mesonephric duct that can be found...

The orbitalis muscle is a vestigial or rudimentary nonstriated muscle (smooth muscle) that crosses from the infraorbital groove and sphenomaxillary fissure...

Nacholapithecus (a Miocene hominoid), the coccyx is the remnant of a vestigial tail. In animals with bony tails, it is known as tailhead or dock, in...

medical professionals have traditionally considered the appendix a vestigial organ. Later research suggests that it may have an immunological function...

the mesonephric duct in the development of the urinary and reproductive organs. It was discovered and described in 1822 by Hermann Treschow Gartner. Gartner's...

would attach directly to the eyeball, restricting movement. It is the vestigial remnant of the nictitating membrane (the "third eyelid") which is drawn...

Murphy & Neil Thompson November 13, 1996 (1996-11-13) 9.5 8 8 "Sarah's Vestigial Organ" Jeff Melman Bill Freiberger November 20, 1996 (1996-11-20) 9.1 9 9...

Rodrigo; Gavish-Regev, Efrat; Sharma, Prashant P. (February 2024). "Vestigial organs alter fossil placements in an ancient group of terrestrial chelicerates"...

species have very small, stub-like legs near their rear vents. These are vestigial organs, meaning they once served an evolved purpose but are no longer used...

with Brahman. Examples of devolution cited by creationists include vestigial organs, stickleback, Amblyopsidae and the Greta oto. Evolutionary biologists...

[page needed] The vestigial left lung is often small or sometimes even absent, as snakes' tubular bodies require all of their organs to be long and thin...

In human anatomy, the mesentery, an organ that attaches the intestines to the posterior abdominal wall, comprises the double fold of the peritoneum. It...