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Ornithology (Birds) Part 1 Flashcards

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What two characteristics are diversity related to?

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Sustained flight and endothermic metabolism

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What defines Passeriformes?

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  • 60% of all bird species
  • Finches, canaries
  • “Perching birds” or “Song birds”
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What defines Psittaciformes?

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  • Stout, hooked bill
  • Upper mandible is moveable
  • Parrots
  • Macaws
  • Cockatoos
  • Lories
  • Parakeets
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What defines Piciformes?

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  • Enlarged bill
  • Picidae - Woodpeckers
  • Ramphastidae - Toucans
  • Barbets
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What defines Strigiformes?

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Owls

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What defines Falconiformes?

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Raptors

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What defines Ciconiiformes?

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Wading birds such as herons and cranes

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What defines Galliformes?

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Fowl (Poultry, pheasants)

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What defines Columbiformes?

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Pigeons and doves

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What defines Anseriformes?

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Waterfowl

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What does Zygodactyl mean?

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Having two toes pointed forward and two backward

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What does Anisodactyl mean?

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Having 3 toes facing forward and one at the back

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What anatomical adaptations enable flight?

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  • Weight reduction
  • Hollow bones
  • Shortened GI tract
  • No teeth
  • Oviparous (lay eggs)
  • Air sacs
  • High metabolism
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What are the two layers of skin?

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Epidermis (pliable) and Dermis

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What is the outermost layer of the Epidermis called, and what does it consist of?

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  • Stratum corneum
  • Consists of flattened, keratinized cells
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What is the basal layer of the Epidermis called?

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Stratum germintivium

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What does the dermis contain?

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  • Blood vessels
  • Nerves
  • Smooth muscle that controls feather growth and movement
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Do birds have sweat glands and sebaceous glands?

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No!

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How do birds keep cool?

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They cool themselves with gular panting/fluttering

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What glands do birds have?

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  • Lacrimal glands (Eyelid)
  • Uropygial gland (Found in most species, found at tail base, secretes oil to preen)
  • Keratinocytes: produce lipids keratin. Skin is an ‘oil-producing’ gland
  • Gland external ear canal
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Description of claws.

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  • Toes, some on wings
  • Pectinate middle claws
    (Comb-like edges used for grooming)
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What areas are featherless?

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  • Cere (nostrils)
  • Cheek patches
  • Podotheca (The non-feathered areas of the legs and feet)
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What is a brood pouch?

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  • Females have a brood pouch for their eggs
  • Direct body heat keeps them warm
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What 3 types of feathers do birds have?

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1) Contour (Flight and body)
2) Semiplume (Bristles/hairs)
3) Plume (Down)

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What are Contour feathers and what do they look like?

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  • Cover the surface of the bird
  • Flight feathers are long, stiff, asymmetrical
  • Tail feathers - Symmetrical on both sides
  • Built with durability
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What are Semiplume feathers and what do they look like?

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  • Specialized feathers
  • Mostly hidden underneath outer feathers
  • Appear fluffy; great for insulation
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What are Plume feathers and what do they look like?

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  • Down feathers
  • Helps keep bird warm/thermoregulate
  • Soft
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What is a barb and barbule?

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  • The central rachis (shaft) branches into barbs and then further into barbules
  • Creates a structural network that is almost weightless yet very strong
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What do feathers provide?

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  • Provide insulation (Smooth muscle attaches to the follicles)
  • Courtship
  • Molting (1-2 times /year)
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What is a blood feather?

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  • Still growing with a blood supply
  • Protected by a sheath
  • Damage to sheath can cause severe bleeding
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Name 2 sensory organs.

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  • Eye
  • Ear
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Vision of birds.

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  • Excellent vision
  • Different colours
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What is a Sclerotic ring?

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  • Bones support front of the eye
  • Muscle attachment
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What is the Pectin?

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  • Vascular fringe
  • Nourishes the retina
  • Controls the pH of the vitreous body (Clear gel that fills the space between the lens and the retina)
35
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How many eyelids do birds have?

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3
- Upper
- Lower
- Nictitating (Protection)

36
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Do birds eyes move?

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No, their eyes are fixed. They rotate their head.

  • Birds can also keep their eyes dilated / control the pupil when light is directed towards the eye.
37
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How do birds hear?

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  • They have no pinna (external ear)
  • The external canal is covered by feathers
38
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What keeps a bird lightweight for flight?

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  • Reduced number of bones
  • Hollow (pneumatic) bones
  • Fused bones
39
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Name the fused bones in a bird.

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Pectoral girdle
- Furcula (wishbone), fused clavicles

Keel
- Sternum

Synsacrum
- Sacrum + lumbar vertebrae

Carpometacarpus
- Carpal + metacarpal

Tarsometatarsus
- Tarsal + metatarsal

40
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What is the crop?

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Storage, crop ‘milk’

41
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What is function of the Proventriculus?

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Secretes digestive enzymes and HCL

42
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What is the function of the Gizzard or Ventriculus?

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  • Mechanical breakdown of food
  • Thick muscular part of the stomach
  • Grind rocks and grit
43
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Function of the liver.

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  • Fat absorption,
  • Bile salts and acids
44
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What is the function of the Duodenum?

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Enzymatic digestion and nutrient absorption

45
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What is the function of the pancreas?

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Enzyme secretion; bicarbonate; insulin/glucagon

46
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What is the function of the Small Intestines?

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Nutrient adsorption

47
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What is the function of the Caecum?

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Microbial digestion / fermentation
- Increased surface area

48
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What is the function of the Colon?

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Water and electrolyte adsorption

49
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What is the function of the Cloaca?

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  • Coprodeum: feces
  • Urodeum: Urinary/reproductive
  • Proctodeum: Burse of fabricius and excrement (waste matter) voiding
50
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Why is nutrition in birds so important?

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  • They need food with high-energy values to maintain high body temperature.
  • They have limited fat storage capacity = cannot survive long without food
  • Birds that eat grain need more mechanical breakdown than those that eat meat
51
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What does the Basal Metabolic Rate (kcal/day) =

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BMR (kcal/day) = BW 0.75 x 129 for passerine birds

52
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What 3 areas are used for fat storage?

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  • Clavicular area
  • Abdominal area
  • Each side of ribs
53
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What can Psittacines (Parrots) eat?

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  • Commercial pellets (80%)
  • Green vegetables
  • Rice
  • Fruit
  • Mixed seeds, nuts
  • Ca supplement
  • Iodine supplement for budgies
  • Do not need grit
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What can Anseriformes (Waterfowl) eat?

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  • Commercial duck pellets or poultry maintenance
  • Grains
  • Greens
55
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What do Falconiformes (Birds of prey) and Strigiformes (Owls) eat?

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  • Whole animals
  • Supplemented meat
56
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What do Passeriformes (Song birds, Soft bills) eat?

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  • Mixed fruit
  • Insects
  • Commercial rations
57
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What do Columbiformes (Pigeons and Doves) eat?

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  • Commercial pellets
  • Mixed seeds
  • Fruits
  • Green vegetables
58
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Respiratory System in birds.

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  • No diaphragm (coelom)
    Trachea
  • Complete cartilage rings

Reduced Larynx
- Glottis protects trachea entrance
- No epiglottis

Syrinx: At base of trachea
- Sound protection

Lungs
- Do not expand during inspiration
- One-way airflow

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What are air sacs? How many?

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  • 8-9 Air sacs
  • Communicate with humerus (pneumatic bones)
  • Like “bellows” push air through lungs
    Most air sacs are paired (except clavicular, cervical)
60
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How is the vertebrate respiratory system efficient?

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  • All air is exchanged with each breath
  • 2 2 full cycles move air through
61
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How is the Sternum involved in air flow?

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The sternum is lowered to enlarge air sacs and draw air in, and then contracted to force air from sacs through the lungs

62
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How is the rate of breathing inversely related to size?

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The larger size reduces respiratory rate.
- 2-gram hummingbird breaths 143/minute
- 10 kg turkey breaths 7/minute

In flight respiratory rates increase 12-20 times resting rates.

63
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What happens during the first inhalation?

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  • Air flows through the trachea and bronchi and primarily into the posterior (rear) air sacs
  • On exhalation, air moves from the posterior air sacs and into the lungs
64
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What happens during the second inhalation?

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  • Air moves from the lungs and into the anterior (front) air sacs
  • On exhalation, air moves from the anterior air sacs back into the trachea and out
65
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How many chambers in the heart?

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Four-chambered heart

66
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Which side does the Aorta curve to?

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To the right

67
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Efficient delivery of oxygen is essential due to?

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High metabolic rate

68
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A Renal Portal system is found in what species?

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  • Birds
  • Amphibians
  • Reptiles
  • Fish
69
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Discuss the Renal Portal System.

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  • Blood drains from the caudal body and passes through the kidneys
  • Nephrotoxic drugs?
  • Drugs cleared by the kidneys?
  • Most injections will be given in the cranial part of the body
70
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What do a bird’s erythrocytes look like?

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  • Nucleated
  • Oval shape
  • Centrally positioned nucleus
  • Larger than a mammal’s RBC
71
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What do immature erythrocytes look like?

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  • Rounder
  • Cytoplasm is more basophilic
  • Chromatin (nucleus) is more dispersed
72
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What do a birds Thrombocytes look like?

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  • Nucleated (Higher nuclear : cytoplasmic ratio)
  • Smaller and rounder than RBCs
73
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What do Heterophils (neutrophils) look like?

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  • Round, colourless cytoplasm (Not visible)
  • Eosinophilic (pink) rod shaped granules
  • Toxic heterophils nuclear hypersegmentation
74
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What do Eosinophils look like?

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  • Irregular with round granules
  • Nuclei are lobed
  • Cytoplasm is pale blue
75
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What do basophils look like?

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  • Round with a round nucleus
  • Nucleus is centrally located light blue
  • Cytoplasmic granules stain deep purple
  • Often hide the nucleus
76
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What do lymphocytes look like?

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  • Round nucleus
  • Cytoplasm varies; narrow band to abundant
  • Cytoplasm of reactive lymphocyte is darker blue
77
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What do Monocytes look like?

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  • Larger and round/irregular
  • Nucleus is off centre, round or bi-lobed
78
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What does a bird have instead of a bladder?

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Urodeum of the cloaca
- No bladder

79
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What is the Metanephric kidney?

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  • Adhered to the lumbosacral backbone area
  • Tri-lobed: Cranial, middle, and caudal
80
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What does a bird produce in the urogenital system?

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Produce urate (uric acid)

81
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Discuss the males Urogenital system.

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  • Paired testis within the coelomic cavity cranial to the kidneys
  • Enlarge seasonally
  • Sperm passes via vas deferens to the Urodeum
82
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What does a female birds Urogenital system consist of?

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1) Infundibulum
2) Magnum (albumen)
3) Isthmus (shell membranes)
4) Uterus (calcified shell)
5) Vagina with egg inside

83
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How do birds mate?

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  • Sexual dimorphism
  • Copulation in birds involves meeting of the cloaca (cloacal kissing)
  • Some species possess a phallus (waterfowl, herons, flamingos, emus/ostriches)
84
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What is the phallus and where is it found?

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  • Its on the ventral aspect of the Proctodeum
  • Groove guides the semen into the female’s cloaca

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