Pigeon 2

Question 1

largest and most superficial flight muscle

Answer 1

Pectoralis

Question 2

main elevator of wing, completely covered by pectoralis

Answer 2

supracoracoideus

Question 3

sac-like specialization of esophagus

Answer 3

crop

Question 4

covering most of viscera, allows continuous stream of air through the body

Answer 4

Air sacs

Question 5

lies anteriorly on the midline

Answer 5

heart

Question 6

tucked laterally to the heart, spongy in texture

Answer 6

lung

Question 7

posterior to the heart, right lobe considerably larger than left

Answer 7

liver

Question 8

tucked into the left lobe of the liver, muscular distal portion of stomach

Answer 8

gizzard

Question 9

glandular, anterior part of stomach, deep to heart

Answer 9

proventriculus

Question 10

digestive tube lies deep to heart

Answer 10

esophagus

Question 11

respiratory tube lies deep to heart

Answer 11

trachea

Question 12

posterior bifurcation of trachea

Answer 12

bronchi

Question 13

sound producing organ a base of trachea

Answer 13

syrinx

Question 14

long, highly coiled posterior to gizzard

Answer 14

small intestine

Question 15

lies between ascending and descending portion of small intestine

Answer 15

pancreas

Question 16

short, straight, posterior to small intestine

Answer 16

large intestine

Question 17

marks division between small and large intestines

Answer 17

colic cecum

Question 18

ovoid, dark organ just to the right of the distal end of the proventriculus

Answer 18

spleen

Question 19

lies on dorsal wall of cavity, superficially divided into 3 lobes by passing vessels

Answer 19

kidney

Question 20

wide tube that carries urine from kidneys to cloaca, emerging from anterior and middle lobes

Answer 20

ureter

Question 21

bean shaped, lie on anterior lobes of kidneys

Answer 21

testis

Question 22

carries semen from testes to cloaca, passes mostly on medial side of ureter

Answer 22

ductus deferens

Question 23

lies on anterior end of left kidney, contains follicles

Answer 23

ovary

Question 24

relatively straight tube that becomes large and convoluted, conducting ovum to cloaca, subdivided into glandular regions

Answer 24

oviduct