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Birds Flashcards

1
Q
  1. Over 9000 species have been described worldwide and live in all biomes
  2. The unique and essential feature or hallmark of birds
A

Birds
Feather

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  1. ______ are modified as wings
  2. ______ are adapted for walking, swimming, or perching
A

Forelimb
Hindlimb

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  1. Is one of the smallest vertebrate endotherms
  2. Described the skeleton of Birds
  3. Is homologous with reptiles scale
A

Bee hummingbirds
Pneumatic
Feather

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4
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  1. _______ and _______ are large to hold a larger brain and eyes
  2. T o F. All birds lay eggs
A

Braincase and Orbits
True

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5
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Most birds have __________ skulls

A

kinetic

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6
Q

Wings are present for ________ and _________

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support and propulsion

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  1. Give five similarities of birds and reptiles
A
  1. Both have a single middle ear bone, the stapes
  2. Both excrete nitrogenous waste as uric acid
  3. Both lay similar yolked eggs
  4. The lower jaw in both is composed of five or six bones
  5. Both have skulls that abut the first neck vertebrae by a single ball and socket joint
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  1. Light, delicate bones laced with air cavities are termed as _________
  2. Most birds have ______ skulls
  3. How many chambers does the bird’s heart have
A

Pneumatized
Kinetic
4

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  1. Receives venous blood from the body
  2. Receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
  3. The _______ leads to the dorsal aorta
A

Right Atrium
Left Atrium
Right aortic arch

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  1. Bird red blood cells are _____ and ______
  2. The finest branches in bird’s lungs
  3. How many respiratory cycles for a single breath of air passes in birds
A

Nucleated, biconvex
Parabronchi
2

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11
Q
  1. Helps cool a bird during vigorous exercise
  2. Birds excrete nitrogenous waste as _____
  3. A chief coordinating center in mammals, is thin, unfissured and poorly developed
A

Air sacs
Uric Acid
Cerebral Cortex

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12
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  1. Is enlarge into principal integrating center
  2. Where muscle position sense and visual cues are assembled
  3. Middle ear contains rod-like _____ that transmits vibrations to the inner ear
A

Corpus striatum
Cerebellum
Columella

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13
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  1. Allows birds to hear about the same range of sound as humans
  2. Have more rods
  3. Have more cones
  4. Eyes directed forward to provide better depth perception
A

Cochlea
Diurnal
Nocturnal

Birds of prey

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14
Q
  1. Has 8 times the visual acuity of human
  2. Ability to see in dim light is more than 10 times that of human
A

Hawk
Owl

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  1. A hypothesis bases on running birds with primitive wings to snare insects
  2. Also a hypothesis that birds passing through tree-climbing, leaping, parachuting, gliding, and finally
    powered flight
  3. Lack wing slots and allow high speed, high lift, and dynamic soaring and has the highest aerodynamic
    soaring of any design
A

Ground-up Hypothesis
Trees-down Hypothesis
Soaring Wings

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  1. Birds of prey that carry heavy loads, have wing with slotting, alulas, and pronounced camber
  2. Birds feed on the wing or make long migrations have this type of wing
  3. Are slotted between primary feathers to prevents stalling at low speeds.
A

High-Lift Wings
High-Speed Wings
Elliptical Wings

17
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  1. During breeding season, bird testes is enlarged _____ times
  2. Sperm is stored in
  3. The expanded end of oviduct which receives the discharged eggs
A

300
Seminal Vesicle
Infundibulum

18
Q
  1. Add albumin or egg white to eggs
  2. Eggs of most songbirds require ___ days for hatching
  3. Duck and geese eggs require ___ for hatching
A

Special Glands
14
1 month

19
Q
  1. Are naked and helpless at birth and must be fed I the nest for a week or more
  2. Are able to feed and run or swim as soon as they are hatched
  3. How many cervical vertebrae are there in Aves?
  4. Only the smallest bone found in birds
A

Altricial
Precocial
14
Stapes

20
Q
  1. The only vein that transfers deoxygenated blood
  2. Also called the wishbone
  3. Bird with the longest wingspan
  4. Term when birds mate
A

Pulmonary Vein
Furcula
Albatross
Cloacal Kiss

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