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Pigeon Dissection Flashcards

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Biceps brachii

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-muscle
Origin: coracoid and humerus

Insertion: posterior surface of radius and proximal end of ulna

Action: flexes antebrachium on brachium

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Pectoralis

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  • muscle
    Origin: ventral portion of sternal carina, sternum body, interosseus membrane

Insertion: deltoid crest of humerus

action: depression of the wing

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Supracoracoideus

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  • muscle
    Origin: dorsal portion of sternal carina, coracoclavicular membrane

Insertion: posterior edge of humerus near its head

action: elevation of the wing

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Latissimus dorsi

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-muscle
Origin: neural spines of last cervical vertebra and first two thoracic vertebrae

Insertion: humerus

action: pull humerus posteriomedially

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Rhomboideus

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  • muscle
    Origin: neural spines of last two cervical vertebrae, and of thoracic vertebrae and anterior surface of synsacrum and anterior surface of ilum

Insertion: dorsomedial surface of the scapula

Action: stabilizes scapula

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Biventor cervicus

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  • muscle
    Origin: posterior end of fused thoracic vertebrae

Insertion: anterior cervical vertebrae

action: neck movement

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Stomach

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  • mechanical and chemical digestion of food
  • Consists of two chambers: Anterior glandular proventriculus (chemical digestion) & Larger muscular gizzard (mechanical processing)

Some birds ingest small pebbles to help with mechanical grinding of food in gizzard

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Tongue

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  • moves food into pharync; food procurement
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Lungs

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  • oxygenate blood from veins
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Pancreas

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  • creation of digestive enzymes for chemical digestion
  • Pale, elongate organ in mesentery between two loops of proximal end of small intestine
  • Produces hormones that regulate carbohydrate metabolism
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Ovary/oviduct

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  • creation of oocytes, oviduct coats zygote in eggshell
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Liver

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synthesis metabolism excretion, and detoxification

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Heart

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  • pumps blood through body
  • 4 chambered; rests in pericardial cavity
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Kidney

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  • filter waste products for excretion through ureters into cloaca
  • Lobulated (as in reptiles); pigeon kidneys have 3 lobes
  • Bird kidneys excrete uric acid as a nitrogenous waste product with minimal water loss (similar to reptiles)
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Testes

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  • creation of sperm to be released into cloaca
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Brain

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  • controls nervous system and sense organs
  • includes Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Optic Lobe, Olfactory Lobe, and Meninges
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Crop

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-unique feature of birds
- function: storage of food and creation of food to feed young

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Gizzard

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-unique feature of birds
- Function: mechanical digestion of food in stomach; can sometimes be filled with rocks

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Uropygial Gland

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-unique feature of birds
- Function: creation of waxes and lipids to spread over feathers for preening

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Cloaca

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  • unique feature of birds
  • Function: used for waste release, mating, and egg laying
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Feathers

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-unique feature of birds
- Function: thermoregulation, flight, sex recognition, camouflage, social behaviors
- different types!

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Scales

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-unique feature of bird
- function: cover feet

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Contour feathers

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  • cover the bird body
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Flight feathers

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  • arise as quills from wings and tail
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Coverts

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  • contour feathers that associate with wings and tail
  • exist as under and over wing, as well as over and under tail
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Parts of wing feather

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  • Calamus
  • Rachis
  • Vanes
    -Barbules
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Calamus

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  • proximal shaft portion, no vanes, anchored in skin
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Rachis

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  • continuation of shaft, vanes project from this area
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Vanes

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  • consist of bards, make up bulk of feather
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Barbules

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  • interlocking, extend from vanes
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Cerebrum

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  • birds largely produced a cerebrum noted for stereotypical behavior
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Cerebellum

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  • large and well developed in birds and it is traditionally implicated in motor control
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Olfactory apparatus

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  • Pair of external nares pierces beak
  • Most birds lack a good sense of smell, with some exceptions
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