bird reproduvtive structure Flashcards
male:
what is the testes?
located in abdominal cavity
male:
what is the epididymus?
where sperm is stored
male:
what is the vas deferens?
transports sperm
male:
what is the cloaca?
provides pssgeway for urinary and digestive products
reproductive tracts
male:
what is the papillae?
emits semen into cloaca of female
male:
what is the phallus?
a copulatory organ- becomes inflamed with lymph during mating allows semen to deposit into female
female:
what is the five parts of the oviduct?
-infundibulum
-magnum
-isthmus
-uterus
-cloaca
female oviduct:
what does the infundibulum do?
receives egg
where fertilization occurs
female oviduct:
what does the magnum do?
secretes the albumen (the white)
female oviduct:
what does the isthmus do?
adds the shell membrane
female oviduct:
what does the uterus do?
secretes the shell and shell pigment
female oviduct:
what does the cloaca do?
where egg and waste products pass out