Anatomical Structures

Analogous structures are an example of...

• Convergent Evolution

• Parallel Evolution

• Divergent Evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What 2 comparative structures do scientists use to determine divergent evolutionary relationships?

• Analogous Structures

• Vestigial Structures

• Homologous Structures

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

This kind of structure are body parts that have no function now and are just the remains from an ancestor.

• analogous structure

• homologous structure

• vestigial structure

_____________ Evolution occurs when unrelated organisms evolve traits, structures, or morphologies that carry out the same function. An example is insect flight and bird flight.

• Convergent

• Parallel

• Divergent

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Study of the large easily observable structures in an organism (bones, organs, muscles)

• Gross Anatomy

• Microscopic Anatomy

• Development Anatomy

• Regional Anatomy

The brain is _____ to the ear

• lateral

• proximal

• medial

• superior

Your dorsal cavity houses your

• brain

• lungs

• heart

• stomach

Study of the skeletal system is an example of

• Systematic Anatomy

• Regional Anatomy

• Gross Anatomy

• Developmental Anatomy

Anatomical direction for toward the point of attachment

• distal

• lateral

• proximal

• medial

A chamber behind the nose and mouth that leads to the trachea

• pharynx

• trachea

• epiglottis

• larynx