CVA One

Basic Terms in CVA

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SYNAPOMORPHY

SHARED, DERIVED CHARACTERISTIC

DISTAL

TOWARDS THE FREE END OF A LIMB

BASAL

TAXON THAT DIVERGED EARLY

OUTGROUP

TAXON OUTSIDE THE TAXON OF REFERNCE

PLEISOMORPHY

PRE-EXISTING CHARACTER

HOMOLOGY

FEATURES FROM A COMMON ANCESTOR

SUTURE

IMMOVABLE JOINT

PARSIMONY

OCCAM'S RAZOR

DORSAL

TOWARDS THE BACK OR SURFACE OF BODY

CAUDAL

PERTAINING TO THE TAIL

PHYLOGENY

EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE WITHIN RELATED GROUP OF ORGANISMS

AXIAL SKELETON

RIB CAGE, SKULL AND SPINE

FOSSA

GROOVE IN AN ORGAN

GILL ARCHES

CURVED BARS EXTENDING DORSOVENTRALLY AND PLACED ONE BEHIND THEOTHER ON EACH SIDE OF THE PHARYNX AND SUPPORTING THE GILLS

POSTERIOR

THE HINDER PARTS OF THE BODY

LATERAL

TOWARDS OR ON THE SIDE OF THE BODY

VENTRAL

TOWARDS THE BELLY OR BOTTOM OF AN ANIMAL

FORAMEN

SMALL OPENING OF AN ORGAN

PROXIMAL

BASE OF AN ATTACHED PART WHERE IT JOINS THE BODY

BRANCHIAL BASKET

EXPANDED CHORDATE PHARYNX THAT FUNCTIONS IN SUSPENSION FEEDING

MEDIAL

TOWARDS THE MIDDLE

TRANSVERSE

DIVIDES THE BODY IN ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR

TUBERCLE

SMALL PROJECTION ESPECIALLY ON A BONE FOR ATTACHMENT OF TENDON

ANCESTRAL

RELATED TO AN ANCESTOR

PARAPHYLETIC

INCOMPLETE CLADE; MISSING ONE OR MORE LINEAGES

FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY

RELATIONSHIP ENTRE DESIGN OF STRUCTURE AND ITS FUNCTION

MONOPHYLETIC

INCLUDED THE ANCESTOR AND ALL ITS DESCENDANTS

PROCESS

A PROTRUSION

DERIVED

ADVANCED, EVOLVED LATE

SPINE

SLENDER, THORNLIKE PROCESS

BRANCH & NODE

MOST RECENT COMMON ANCESTOR

TOWARDS THE FRONT

INGROUP

ALL SPECIES WITHIN THE TAXON OF REFERENCE

SAGITTAL

DIVIDES THE BODY IN LEFT AND RIGHT HALVES

ARTICULATE

A JOINT

CLADE

ANCESTOR PLUS ALL ITS DESCENDANTS

HOMOPLASY

CHARACTERS THAT SEEM SIMILAR BUT DID NOT COME FROM THE SAME ANCESTOR

APPENDICULAR SKELETON

PECTORAL GIRDLE AND THE PELVIC GIRDLE

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OLDEST DIVERGENCE