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Avian Anatomy and Physiology Flashcards

1
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Anseriformes

A

waterfoul

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2
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apodiformes

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swifts

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3
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caprimulgiformes

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nighthawks, goatsuckers, frogmouths

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4
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charadriiformes

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shorebirds, gulls, terns

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5
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ciconiiformes

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herons, wood storks

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6
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cuculiforms

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cuckoos

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7
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falconiformes

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hawks, eagles, falcons, vultures, osprey

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8
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galliforms

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game birds

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9
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gaviiforms

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loons

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10
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gruiformes

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cranes, rails, coots

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11
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passeriformes

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perching birds

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12
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piciformes

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woodpeckers

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13
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procellariiformes

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albatrosses

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14
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psittaformes

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psittacines (parrots ect.)

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15
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spenisciformes

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penguins

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16
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strigiformes

A

owls

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17
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stuthioniforms

A

ostriches

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18
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feathers originate where

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dermis in feather follicles

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19
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birds do not have what type of gland

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sweat glands

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20
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birds possess what type of special gland

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uropygial glans aka preen gland
dorsal surface at the upper base of tail
when preening it releases oily and fatty substance

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21
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feak

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to rub beak on rough surface to clean it and maintain shape

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22
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cere

A

beaks growth plate

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23
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how many types of feathers cover a birds body

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6

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24
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inferior umbilicus

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tiny opening at the base of the feather where it inserts into the skin

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25
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superior umbilicus

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opening on the feather shat where the webbed part of the feather beings

26
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calamus

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quill, round hallow and transparent portion of feather

27
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rachis

A

main feather shaft

28
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vane

A

flattened part of a feather that appears web like
barbs
barbules
hamuli

29
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contour feathers

A

cover a birds body and have flight feathers of wings and tail

30
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semiplume feathers

A

feathers with main rachis but without barbules and hooklets
under contour feathers

31
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down feathers

A

soft fluffy feathers that lack a soft and baubles

32
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filoplume feathers

A

bare shaft that lacks barbs
located on the lake and upper back near contour feathers
sensitive nerve endings

33
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bristles

A

modified contusion feathers with stiff rachis
sense of touchp

34
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powder down feathers

A

never stop growing
base and disintegrate at the tip

35
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feather tracts

A

caudal
humeral
alar
central
spinal
femoral
crural
caudal

36
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molting

A

beings when a newly deviled feather pushes an old one out

37
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periderm

A

new feather covering

38
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birds have more vertebrae in what regions

A

cervical and coccygeal

39
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adrenal gland

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secretes corticosterone (stress hormone), sex hormone, and hormones that control minerals

40
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bursa of fabricius

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production of antibodies and lymphocytes

41
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gonads

A

testosterone, estrogens

42
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pancreas

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synthesizes hormones that regulate blood sugar and polypeptide that inhibits gastrointestinal mobility and secretion

43
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parathyroid

A

PTH regulars calcium and phosphorus

44
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pituitary

A

anterior lobe secreted hormones that regulate other glands
posterior lobe secreted ADH to conserve H20 in kidneys and oxytocin

45
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thymus

A

antibodies and lymphocytes

46
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third

A

thyroxin to regulate growth of body and feathers

47
Q

weight in G BPM resting/restrained
25

A

274/400-600

48
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weight in G BPM resting/restrained
100

A

206/500-600

49
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weight in G BPM resting/restrained
200

A

178/300-500

50
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weight in G BPM resting/restrained
500

A

147/160-300

51
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P QRS T

A

p- contraction and relaxation of atria
QRS- contraction of ventricles
T - relaxation of ventricles

52
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infundibulum

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possesses folds that grab an ovum as it comes out of the ovary

53
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magnum

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secretes laters of albumin or eye white around egg

54
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isthmus

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deposits keratin shell membrane

55
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uterus

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deposits watery albumin, a hard external shell, and pigmentation, of shell gland

56
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vagina

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recreates mucous lays egg

57
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altricial

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chicks hatched with eyes closed and skin bare

58
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semitricial

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covers with down and immobile

59
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precocial

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covered with downy feathers, eyes open, and are mobile

60
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semiprecocial

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downy covering and open eyes but only move short distance

61
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mute

A

fecal material as a paste referred

62
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