Quiz 21 Flashcards
1
Q
What is the name of the organ that grinds food?
A
gizzard
2
Q
What is a bird’s wishbone called?
A
furcula
3
Q
What is the sac in the esophagus that stores and moistens food?
A
crop
4
Q
An individual projection of a feather’s shaft is called what?
A
barb
5
Q
What is the tube found in a bird’s lungs?
A
air capillaries
6
Q
What is monocular vision?
A
when each eye sees a different portion of the bird’s surroundings
7
Q
What is an alula?
A
A retractable group of feathers on the front of a bird’s wing
8
Q
A bird must inhale and exhale how many times to move each breath through the respiratory system?
A
2
9
Q
What is the keel?
A
The ridge on a bird’s breastbone
10
Q
What are a bird’s most important flight muscles?
A
pectorals
11
Q
What is plumage?
A
The term for all of a bird’s feathers
