Ask a Doubt
Request a call back

Join NOW to get access to exclusive study material for best results

CBSE Class 10 Answered

What are vestigial organs? Why is the appendix known as a vistigial organ???....
Asked by tomjosephkt | 15 Nov, 2017, 09:49: PM
answered-by-expert Expert Answer
Vestigial organ is an organ that was once useful in an animal’s evolutionary past, but now has no apparent nor predictable function. e.g. rudiments of hind limbs in snakes, wings on many flightless birds.
 
The appendix has lost its original function or has evolved again to take a new function which is why it is called a vestigeal organ. It was found in the cecum in the early ancestor of humans.
Answered by Sivanand Patnaik | 16 Nov, 2017, 08:47: AM

Application Videos

Concept Videos

Multiple Choice Questions Practice Test
Answered Unanswered My Questions My Answers
CBSE 10 - Biology
absorption of food in small intestine
Asked by waccstudies123 | 08 Oct, 2023, 02:10: AM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT ANSWERED BY EXPERT
CBSE 10 - Biology
Parasitic derives their food from host without killing him but humans derive hen's egg without killing them. So why human are holozoic not parasitic  
Asked by vinaywalia57 | 11 Jun, 2023, 04:00: PM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT ANSWERED BY EXPERT
CBSE 10 - Biology
define biocatalyst
Asked by amritg2703 | 10 Jun, 2023, 10:34: PM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT ANSWERED BY EXPERT
CBSE 10 - Biology
State the functions of following: (a) Small Intestine (b)Diaphragm (c) Pancreas
Asked by susrisangita792 | 10 Jun, 2023, 07:18: PM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT ANSWERED BY EXPERT
CBSE 10 - Biology
Which digestive enzymes contained in the pancreatic juice?
Asked by sonisneho1 | 06 Jun, 2023, 01:13: PM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT ANSWERED BY EXPERT
CBSE 10 - Biology
Name two enzymes that take part in digestion of proteins in our body ?
Asked by susrisangita792 | 01 Apr, 2023, 10:10: AM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT ANSWERED BY EXPERT
CBSE 10 - Biology
All information about the human digestive system points from the mouth to the anus.
Asked by priyanshdhiman2008 | 26 Feb, 2023, 01:41: PM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT ANSWERED BY EXPERT
CBSE 10 - Biology
Food is made alkaline in the small intestines with the help of ___________
Asked by vaishnavibandodkar86 | 16 Oct, 2022, 04:03: PM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT ANSWERED BY EXPERT
CBSE 10 - Biology
if pepsin digests proteins then in what form does trypsin convert them into and also then what does the enzymes present in intestinal juice do?
Asked by kage07487 | 13 Oct, 2022, 09:55: PM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT ANSWERED BY EXPERT
CBSE 10 - Biology
Give two reasons to explain why absorption of digested food occurs mainly in the small intestine.
Asked by bhu.joshi54 | 14 Jun, 2022, 09:42: PM
ANSWERED BY EXPERT ANSWERED BY EXPERT
My Class Videos Tests ₹ Plans Ask a Doubt
Get Latest Study Material for Academic year 24-25 Click here
×