Fill in the following blanks with suitable words: (a) The human forelimb and bat's forelimb are examples of organs whereas an insect's wine and a bat's wing are examples of organs.

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The human forelimb and bat's forelimb are examples of homologous organs whereas an insect's wing and a bat's wing are examples of analogous organs.

Homologous organs are those organs which have similar structure but different functions while analogous organs are those which perform similar functions but have different structures.

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