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Birds/reptiles Flashcards

1
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Pneumatic bones

A

Hollow/ air filled bones

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2
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Extra bone in birds

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Coracoid

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3
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Another name for a Keel

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Sternum

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4
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Why is the keel laterally flattened

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It increases surface area for the attachment of muscles

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5
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Where is the coracoid bone located

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Lies between keel and shoulder joint

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6
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Function of the coracoid bone?

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Counteracts flight muscles
Supports wings

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7
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Why do birds have less joints

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To provide a strong base for flight muscle attachment

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8
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How many cervical vertebrae can birds have

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Approx 25

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9
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Pygostyle?

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Bird tail

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10
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The glands of a bird that secretions aid in waterproofing feathers

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Preen gland/uropygial

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11
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Quadrate bone

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Bone located by mandible
Allows the jaw to open wider

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12
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Craniofacial hinge function

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Increases the motility during feeding

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13
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Fused appendicular skeletal bones in birds

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Tibiotarsus
Tarsometatarsus

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14
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How many toes do most birds have

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3 toes pointing forward
1 toe pointing backwards

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15
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How many toes do parots have

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2 forwards
2 backwards

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16
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Alula

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‘bastard wing’ is made up of digit I.
controlling take-off and landing

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17
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Basilic vein

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ulnar vein
site for venepuncture

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18
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Caeca

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Blind-ended section of the large intestine where bacterial digestion
occurs

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19
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Choana

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Cleft in the hard palate
connect the oral and
nasal cavities
Found in some birds

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20
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Name for the 1 body cavity in birds

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Coelom

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21
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Columella

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Single middle ear bone that transmits sound to the inner ear

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22
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Contour feathers

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Feathers of the wings and outer surface of the body

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23
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Crop

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Its the enlargement of the oesophagus and serves as a storage place for food

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24
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Digital flexor tendon function

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responsible for the perching reflex

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25
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Filoplume

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Lie close to the body
Break up, creating dust that absorbs sweat and dirt

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26
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Gizzard

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AKA (ventriculus)
Muscular part of the
stomach where mechanical digestion occurs

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27
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Isthmus

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Where the inner and outer shell membranes are formed

28
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Magnum

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most glandular part of the oviduct where the
majority of albumen is added

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Pectoral

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Flight muscle responsible for down stroke

30
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Pectoral and brachial
arteries

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Supply blood to flight muscles and wings

31
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Phalus

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Bird penis

32
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Pinioning

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Method of preventing flight by cutting the end of the wing
(chick is between 4-10 days old)

33
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Primaries

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Flight feathers that attach to digit 3
(THRUST)

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Proventriculus

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First section of the stomach lined with glands that secrete pepsin,
hydrochloric acid and mucus

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Rachis

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Central shaft of the feather which is filled with blood capillaries

36
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Salt gland

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Located above the eye in some marine birds which balances the salt

37
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Sclerotic ring

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bones around the eye

38
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Secondaries

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flight feathers

39
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Shell gland

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where the shell membrane becomes calcified
(15hrs)

40
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Syrinx

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Vocal organ in birds

41
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Reptiles Renal portal system

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Transports blood from the hind legs and tail directly to the kidneys

42
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Acrodonts

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reptile Teeth

43
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Arboreal

A

tree climbing/dwelling species

44
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Autotomy

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Ability to shed their tail as a defence against
predators

45
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Carapace

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Domed upper part of a tortoise’s shell

46
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Chelonia

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Class of reptiles
Tortoises, terrapins and
turtles

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Chromatophores

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The cells that allow for reptiles to change their skin colour

48
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Coelom

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Thoraco-abdominal cavity, there is only one combined cavity

49
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Coprodeum

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First section of the cloaca where the faeces are collected

50
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Crepuscular

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Species of animal active during dawn and dusk

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Diurnal

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Species of animal active during the day

52
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Ecdysis

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Shedding of the skin

53
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Ectothermic

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Species of animals that obtain the heat they require from their
environment

54
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Herpetology

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The study of reptiles and amphibians

55
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Jacobson’s organ

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Vomeronasal organ.
Roof of mouth
part of the olfactory system

56
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Lamellae

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Overlapping scales arranged in layers found on the underside of
geckoes enabling them to grip on to smooth surfaces

57
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Nuchal scute

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Found on the anterior end of the carapace.
AKA cervical scute

58
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Oviparous

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animals that lay eggs

59
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Ovoviviparous

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Species of animals that hatch their eggs internally

60
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Plastron

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Flattish ventral part of a tortoise’s shell

61
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Poikilothermic

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Species of animals that have a body temperature that varies with the
environment around them

62
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Proctodeum

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Final section of the cloaca that acts as a collection chamber prior to
the elimination of waste

63
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Scutes

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Horny plates in the shell of tortoises

64
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Sexually dimorphic

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Species where visible differences in external features between males and females: colouration, shape etc

65
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Spectacle

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Transparent eyelid

66
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Stomatitis

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‘Mouth rot’

anatomical direction (24 decks)

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