Chapter 22

Question 1

Air sacs

Answer 1

Sacs in upper respiratory tract that store air and provide buoyancy for flight

Question 2

Syrinx

Answer 2

Voice organ of birds located at tracheal bifurcation

Question 3

Choana

Answer 3

Caudal naris; the cleft in the hard palate of birds

Question 4

Spur

Answer 4

Sharp, horn-covered, bony projection from the shank of male birds in some species

Question 5

Wattle

Answer 5

appendage suspended from the head (usually chin)

Question 6

Cloaca

Answer 6

Common passage for fecal, urinary and reproductive system

Question 7

Crop on birds

Answer 7

Esophageal enlargement that stores, moistens and softens food

Question 8

Proventriculus

Answer 8

Elongated glandular stomach

Question 9

Vent

Answer 9

External opening of cloaca

Question 10

Ventriculus

Answer 10

Gizzard
Muscular stomach of birds

Question 11

Keel

Answer 11

Sternum or breastbone

Question 12

Pygostyle

Answer 12

Bony termination of vertebral column where tail feathers attach

Question 13

Brood

Answer 13

Young that are hatched or cared for at the same time

Question 14

Candling

Answer 14

Process of shining a light through an egg to check embryo development

Question 15

Comb on birds

Answer 15

Vascular, red cutaneous structure attached to dorsum of skull

Question 16

Clipping in birds

Answer 16

trimming wings of birds to alter their flight; also referred to as pinioning

Question 17

Fledgling

Answer 17

young bird that has acquired its flight feathers, is out of the nest, but not eating on its own

Question 18

Apetrium

Answer 18

Area or tract of skin without feathers

Question 19

Calamus

Answer 19

the hollow inner portion of the feather shaft that lacks barbs and attaches to the skin

Question 20

Cere

Answer 20

Thickened skin at the base of the eternal nares of birds

Question 21

Coverts

Answer 21

small feathers that cover the base of the large feathers

Question 22

Plume

Answer 22

feathers that are close to the body and provide warmth

Question 23

pteryla

Answer 23

feather tracts of birds

Question 24

rachis

Answer 24

distal end of feather shaft

Question 25

retrices

Answer 25

tail flight feathers

Question 26

remiges

Answer 26

primary wings feather

Question 27

setae

Answer 27

sensitive bristles that grow on the heads of many birds

Question 28

Uropygial gland

Answer 28

gland laterally to the tail that secretes oil used to waterproof or preen feathers

Question 29

Lore

Answer 29

area between the cranial portion of the eyes and bill of birds

Question 30

Coprodeum

Answer 30

rectal opening to the cloaca

Question 31

Proventriculus

Answer 31

stomach of bird

Question 32

Furcula

Answer 32

fused clavicle in birds

Question 33

Keel

Answer 33

sternum of birds

Question 34

scleral ring

Answer 34

overlapping bony plate encircling the eye at the corneal scleral junction

Question 35

Infundibulum

Answer 35

portion of the oviduct located closest to the ovary that captures ovulated eggs

Question 36

Chalaza

Answer 36

rope like structure holding the yolk to the center of the egg

Question 37

Barred

Answer 37

Feather with alternating strips of colour across the width

Question 38

Laced

Answer 38

Feathers with a narrow border of contrasting colour

Question 39

Moltted

Answer 39

Some feathers are tipped in white

Question 40

Penciled

Answer 40

Feathers with a narrow uniform line of contrasting colour

Question 41

Spangled

Answer 41

Feathers with a contrasting colour at the tip of that may be black or white

Question 42

Passeriformes

Answer 42

Group of perching birds that includes most songbirds

Question 43

Psittacine

Answer 43

Group of parrotlike birds

Question 44

Ratite

Answer 44

class of large, flightless birds that are raised for their meat and hides

Question 45

ACPV

Answer 45

American college of poultry veterinarians