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Comparitive Anatomy Birds
Dr. Cross's Bird Unit of MU Undergraduate Anatomy
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 3
07/20/2011

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irregular bumps on a turkey's head
Definition
caruncles
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snood
Definition
finger thing on the beak
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gallinaceous birds
Definition
poultry
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do birds have sweat glands?
Definition
no
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brooding patch
Definition
on the breast where skin thickens feathers fall out and it is more vascularized
Term
the gland that produces an oily secretion that the bird distributes over the feathers by preening
Definition
uropygial gland
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contour feathers
Definition
flight feathers
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down feathers
Definition
body feathers
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filoplume feathers
Definition
to keep the contour in place
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pin feather
Definition
growing feather
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blood feathers
Definition
feathers with a prominant pulp
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remiges
Definition
large flight feathers
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rectrices
Definition
tail feathers
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tectrices
Definition
body contour feathers
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shaft
Definition
axis of feather
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calamus
Definition
feather part that penetrates the skin
Term
rechis
Definition
feather part that is above the skin
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vanes
Definition
projections from either side of the shaft
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which feathers have no barbicels
Definition
down feathers
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pterylae
Definition
feather tracts
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apteria
Definition
no feathers
Term
which animals are flightless durring molt
Definition
duck and geese
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what respiratory organ that mammals have do avians lack?
Definition
diaphragm
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pneumatic bones
Definition
bones in the air sacs
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what complex bones are missing in avians that mammals have?
Definition
carpus and tarsus
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the vertebral formula of a bird
Definition
C 12-17; T 7; L-S 14; Cd 6
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notarium
Definition
fusion of last C vertebra with first 3 T vertebra
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synsacrum
Definition
fusion of last few T vertebrae with the S vertebra
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pygostyle
Definition
fusion of last few Cd vertebra (anchor for tail feathers)
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furcula
Definition
fusion of left and right sides of clavicle (wishbone)
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which is larger in avian: ulna or radius?
Definition
ulna
Term
fusion of metacarpal and carpal bones
Definition
caropmetacarpal bones
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how many digits in avians
Definition
3
Term
digit 1 in avians
Definition
pollux with 2 phalanges
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digit 2
Definition
major digit with 2 phalanges and vestigial third phalange
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digit 3 in avians
Definition
small with one phalange
Term
fusion of tarsal and tibia
Definition
tibiotarsus
Term
fibulat is fused with what?
Definition
tibia
Term
tarsal and metatarsal bone fusion
Definition
tarsometatarsus
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first digit on the pelvic limb
Definition
spur
Term
second through fourth digits on the pelvic limb
Definition
directed forward and fan out
Term
flight mm
Definition
pectorals ans supracoracoid
Term
downbeat of the wings
Definition
pectorals
Term
take off m
Definition
supracoracoid
Term
perching apparatus
Definition
reciprocal
Term
longitudinal openings b/t the oral and nasal cavities
Definition
choanal cleft
Term
entoglossalbone
Definition
tounge
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aditus laryngeus
Definition
opening into the larynx
Term
crop/ingluvies
Definition
dilation of the esophagus
Term
proventriculus
Definition
first chamber of the stomach
Term
ventriculus
Definition
second chmaber (muscular and eat grit to grind food)
Term
pancreas of the chicken
Definition
b/t duodenum loops and is attached at 3 spots
Term
meckel's diverticulum
Definition
embryonic youlk sac with immune function
Term
three parts of the cloaca
Definition
coprodeum, urodeum, protodeum
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anus=
Definition
vent
Term
coprodeum
Definition
holds feces
Term
urodeum
Definition
male:ductus deferens opening, female:left oviduct opening
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protodeum
Definition
bursa of fabricus lined with tissue that makes B lymphocytes
Term
syrinx
Definition
produces sound
Term
lung hierarchy
Definition
primary bronchi-secondary bronchi-parabronchi
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8 airsacs
Definition
clavicular, cervical, cranial thoracic, caudal thoracic and abdominal
Term
how many chambers in the heart?
Definition
4
Term
right atrium recieves blood from where
Definition
cranial vena cava and two caudal venae cavae
Term
the left atrium receves blood from where?
Definition
pulmonary vein
Term
what does the kidney lack?
Definition
loop of henle
Term
renal portal system
Definition
kidneys get blood from the cuadal part of the body and give it to a sencondary capillary system in the kidneys
Term
chickens have which ovary and oviduct?
Definition
left
Term
stigma
Definition
where follicle ovulates
Term
size of the infundibulum
Definition
9cm wide and 7cm long
Term
what occurs in the infundibulum
Definition
fertilization and chalaziferous layer of albumen
Term
size of magnum
Definition
35 cm long
Term
what occurs in the magnum
Definition
albumen is formed
Term
size of the isthmus
Definition
8cm long
Term
what occurs in the isthmus?
Definition
site of egg shell membrane attachment
Term
size of the uterus
Definition
8cm long
Term
what occurs in the uterus?
Definition
shell attachment, water and electorlytes and add cuticle
Term
how long does it take an egg to reach the uterus?
Definition
5 hrs
Term
how long does an egg spen in the uterus?
Definition
20 hrs
Term
shape of the vagina
Definition
S
Term
which birds have true encapsulated lymph nodes
Definition
ducks
Term
cecal tonsils
Definition
lymph nodes prominant in the ceca of chickens
Term
importance of the cloacal bursa
Definition
site of maturation of B lymphocytes and regresses with sexual maturity
Term
the avian spleen functions in what
Definition
RBC physiology and lymphocyte production
Term
where are the testes located?
Definition
b/t the lungs and kidneys
Term
epididymis
Definition
on the medial side of testis and leads into a ductus deferens with no glands
Term
phallus
Definition
copulatory organ with no erectile tissue
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