Dictionary » V » Vestiges

Vestiges

Structures that were previously an important part of an organisms anatomy, but has no longer a function in today's environment. There are two good examples of this in humans, the appendix and the coccyx bone, which was previously the tail of our primate a.


Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page



This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005. This page has been accessed 611 times. 
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link