Exam 1 Flashcards
Features between two or more organisms are ______ if they share common ancestry
Homologous
Features of two or more organisms are ____ if they only share a common function
Analogous
A term that means similar in structure AND origin
Homology
Structures can be 1.) _____, 2.) _____, or 3.) ______.
Homologous Analogous Both
Retention by an organism of juvenile or larval traits later into life
Paedomorphosis
When certain characteristics possessed by a former ancestor are lost
Degeneration
_____ characteristics are held by lower forms
Primitive
A characteristic found in higher vertebrates in the phylogenetic tree
Advanced
Higher vertebrates with an amniotic sac
Amniotes
Lower vertebrates without an amniotic sac
Anamniotes
The membrane sac that surrounds the embryo
Amnion
Features found within a specific group
Specialized
A structure in the body of an organism with no apparent function - it may have had a function at one time but through years of evolution the function was lost
Vestigial
Structures are _____ ______ if they occupy different spatial positions in a series of similar structures (in the same animal)
Serially Homologous
Structures are _______ ________ if they develop from equivalent embryonic primordia, but are dimorphic
Sexually Homologous
Erect and facing the observer, arms at sides, palms of the hands turned forward so the radius and ulna do not cross
Anatomical Position
Toward the head or the upper part of a structure (3 Terms)
Superior/Cephalad/Craniad
Away from the head or toward the lower part of a structure (2 Terms)
Inferior/Caudad
Nearer to or at the front of the body (2 Terms)
Anterior/Ventral
Nearer to or at the back of the body (2 Terms)
Posterior/Dorsal
Nearer the midline of the body or a structure (1 Term)
Medial
Farther from the midline of the body or a structure (1 Term)
Lateral
Between two structures (1 Term)
Intermediate
Nearer the attachment of an extremity to the trunk or a structure (1 Term)
Proximal






