Once regarded as a vestigial structure, the role of the meniscus as crucial element of knee function and health has never been more evident. |
In order for a vestigial structure to be considered genuine the part in question must serve no contemporary useful purpose. |
Two days later, the Irish Army corp of engineers blew up the rest of the pillar after judging the vestigial structure to be too unsafe to restore. |
The mammalian pronephros is a rudimentary vestigial structure. |
It is a vestigial structure representing the lower fused segments or remnants of Mullerian or paramesonephric ducts and analogous to uterovaginal canal in female. |
Early growth and differentiation of breast tissue occurs in both sexes, but post-natal development is confined to females and the breast is a vestigial structure in the adult male. |