Non-avian Reptiles and Birds Lab P. 3 Flashcards
What is the purpose of the plastron in turtles?
See image below.
What is the scute in turtles?
See image
What is the purpose of the coricoid in turtles?
bone of the pectoral girdle.
Name skeletal structures of the turtle (Testudines.)
See image
What is displayed below?
Tuatara skull (order Sphenodontia)
What is shown below?
Snake skin
What is Batesian mimicry?
a state of protection for an edible animal by mimicking the color of a noxious animal to avoid predation.
What is aposematic coloration?
warning coloration to deter predators.
What is cryptic coloration?
camoflauge
What type of feather is listed below, and what is its function?
Flight feathers. their purpose is for flight.
What type of feather is pictured below and what is its purpose?
See image below
What type of feather is pictured and what is its purpose?
Down feathers, and they insulate the bird from heat loss.
What is the long, skinny, barely feather feather called in the image below? What is its purpose?
Filoplume feathers. Their purpose is insulation and feather placement.
What do we call the point where a feather imerges from the skin?
a quill.
What is a synsacrum?
an elongated, composite sacrum with several fused vertebrae found in birds and some extinct reptiles.
What is the name of the bone in the picture below?
the furcula (wishbone)
