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  2. Human vestigiality - Wikipedia

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    Ileum, caecum and colon of rabbit, showing Appendix vermiformis on fully functional caecum The human vermiform appendix on the vestigial caecum. The appendix was once believed to be a vestige of a redundant organ that in ancestral species had digestive functions, much as it still does in extant species in which intestinal flora hydrolyze cellulose and similar indigestible plant materials. [10]

  3. Vestigiality - Wikipedia

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    In humans, the vermiform appendix is sometimes called a vestigial structure as it has lost much of its ancestral digestive function. Vestigiality is the retention, during the process of evolution , of genetically determined structures or attributes that have lost some or all of the ancestral function in a given species. [ 1 ]

  4. List of individual body parts - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable body parts of people. It includes specific, individual instances of organs and appendages which are famous in their own regard. Many noted body parts are of dubious provenance [1] and most were separated from their bodies post-mortem. [2] In some faiths, veneration of the dead may include the preservation of body parts ...

  5. Why do we have useless body parts? - AOL

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    Humans have many vestigial body parts that may have been useful for our ancestors but are obsolete for us. Useless body parts explained: Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement.

  6. Category:Vestigial organs - Wikipedia

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  7. List of human anatomical regions - Wikipedia

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    The trunk of the body contains, from superior to inferior, the thoracic region encompassing the chest [1] the mammary region encompassing each breast; the sternal region encompassing the sternum; the abdominal region encompassing the stomach area; the umbilical region is located around the navel; the coxal region encompassing the lateral (side ...

  8. Category:Body parts of individual people - Wikipedia

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    This category is for articles relating to specific, individual pieces of human anatomy which are famous in their own regard, in many cases because they were removed from the body of the human in question at some point and used for research or put on display.

  9. Vestigial twin - Wikipedia

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    The result is one dominant twin with extra body parts belonging to the vestigial twin. It is also possible for tail-like tissue to form around the sacrum. [2] One theory proposes that the usage of teratogenic drugs by the mother may be a factor in the development of vestigial parasitic twins. The cause for vestigial twins is still unclear. [4]