Eggs Flashcards

1
Q

Egg’s first line of defense

A

Shell

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2
Q

The empty space between the white and the shell

A

Air cell

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3
Q

Accounts for most of an egg’s liquid weight

A

Albumen/Egg white

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4
Q

a dense, matted, fibrous capsule terminates on each end in the chalazae

A

Inner thick/chalaziferous white

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5
Q

A fluid layer located next to the yolk

A

Inner thin white

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6
Q

A gel that forms the center of the albumen

A

Outer thick white

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7
Q

A narrow fluid layer next to the shell membrane

A

Outer thin white

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8
Q

The ropey strands of egg white at both sides of the egg

A

Chalaza

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9
Q

Entrance of the latebra, when egg is fertilized sperm enters here

A

Germinal Disc/Blastodisk

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10
Q

Membrane that sticks to the shell

A

Outer shell membrane

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11
Q

Membrane that sticks to the albumen

A

Inner shell membrane

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12
Q

Covering that protects the yolk from breaking

A

Vitelline membrane

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13
Q

Makes about 33% of the liquid weight of the egg

A

Yolk

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