Which Bones Make Up the Hard Palate

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which bones make up the hard palate?

• A)maxillary and mandibular
• B)palatine and maxillary
• C)sphenoid and maxillary
• D)sphenoid and palatine
• E)palatine and mandibular

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Definitions:

Homoplasy

Homoplasy describes a character state similarity not due to shared descent (for example, produced by convergent evolution or evolutionary reversal).

Orthologs

Genes in different species that evolved from a common ancestral gene and retain the same function.

Paralogs

Genes that are related by duplication within a genome and can evolve new functions, despite having a common ancestor.

Species Tree

A conceptual tree diagram that shows the evolutionary relationships among various species based upon their genetic differences and similarities.