As a remnant, a very small version of an organ or organ part, appearing not to serve its original function.<\/p>\n
A small or imperfectly developed bodily part or organ that remains from one more fully developed in an earlier stage of the person, or in a past generation, or in closely related forms.<\/p>\n
Existing in a rudimentary form.<\/p>\n
Existing in a rudimentary form; pert, to a relatively useless organ that had a function in an earlier stage or a more primitive form of life, as the vermiform appendix in humans.<\/p>\n
Existing only in a rudimentary form. The term is applied to organs whose structure and function have diminished during the course of evolution until only a rudimentary structure exists.<\/p>\n
An adjective referring to an organ which exists in a rudimentary form and whose function and structure have declined during the course of evolution. An example is the appendix.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As a remnant, a very small version of an organ or organ part, appearing not to serve its original function. A small or imperfectly developed bodily part or organ that remains from one more fully developed in an earlier stage of the person, or in a past generation, or in closely related forms. Existing in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-v"],"yoast_head":"\n