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An [[organism]] possesses a '''bilateral symmetry''' if it can only be cut into two identical halves by a single [[longitude|longitudinal]] cut along its center which divides it into right and left halves.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Biology''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref> | An [[organism]] possesses a '''bilateral symmetry''' if it can only be cut into two identical halves by a single [[longitude|longitudinal]] cut along its center which divides it into right and left halves.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Biology''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref> | ||
| − | Human beings are almost, but not quite, bilaterally symmetric. From the outside it appears as if our left and right sides are mirror images of each other but there are asymmetries in some of the internal organs; for example, there is only one appendix, on the right side; the heart and the big blood vessels emerging from it are asymmetrical. | + | Human beings are almost, but not quite, bilaterally symmetric. From the outside it appears as if our left and right sides are mirror images of each other but there are asymmetries in some of the internal organs; for example, there is only one appendix, on the right side; the heart and the big blood vessels emerging from it are asymmetrical. This is also relevent for the liver, gall bladder, and pancreas. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 02:20, September 19, 2011
An organism possesses a bilateral symmetry if it can only be cut into two identical halves by a single longitudinal cut along its center which divides it into right and left halves.[1]
Human beings are almost, but not quite, bilaterally symmetric. From the outside it appears as if our left and right sides are mirror images of each other but there are asymmetries in some of the internal organs; for example, there is only one appendix, on the right side; the heart and the big blood vessels emerging from it are asymmetrical. This is also relevent for the liver, gall bladder, and pancreas.
See also
References
- ↑ Wile, Dr. Jay L. Exploring Creation With Biology. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998