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Name any three examples of vestigeal organs found in man's body.


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Vestigeal organs:

  1. There are organs that are located in the body of organisms but do not perform any function.
  2. In other words, vestigeal organs are those organs that are generally reduced in size but have some resemblance to fully functional organs that are formed in related or ancestral organisms.

Examples of Vestigeal organs:

  1. Wisdom tooth,
  2. Muscles of the nose and ear,
  3. Appendix,
  4. Nipples in men, etc.

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