Avian Anatomy and Physiology

Question 1

Anseriformes

Answer 1

waterfoul

Question 2

apodiformes

Answer 2

swifts

Question 3

caprimulgiformes

Answer 3

nighthawks, goatsuckers, frogmouths

Question 4

charadriiformes

Answer 4

shorebirds, gulls, terns

Question 5

ciconiiformes

Answer 5

herons, wood storks

Question 6

cuculiforms

Answer 6

cuckoos

Question 7

falconiformes

Answer 7

hawks, eagles, falcons, vultures, osprey

Question 8

galliforms

Answer 8

game birds

Question 9

gaviiforms

Answer 9

loons

Question 10

gruiformes

Answer 10

cranes, rails, coots

Question 11

passeriformes

Answer 11

perching birds

Question 12

piciformes

Answer 12

woodpeckers

Question 13

procellariiformes

Answer 13

albatrosses

Question 14

psittaformes

Answer 14

psittacines (parrots ect.)

Question 15

spenisciformes

Answer 15

penguins

Question 16

strigiformes

Answer 16

owls

Question 17

stuthioniforms

Answer 17

ostriches

Question 18

feathers originate where

Answer 18

dermis in feather follicles

Question 19

birds do not have what type of gland

Answer 19

sweat glands

Question 20

birds possess what type of special gland

Answer 20

uropygial glans aka preen gland
dorsal surface at the upper base of tail
when preening it releases oily and fatty substance

Question 21

feak

Answer 21

to rub beak on rough surface to clean it and maintain shape

Question 22

cere

Answer 22

beaks growth plate

Question 23

how many types of feathers cover a birds body

Answer 23

6

Question 24

inferior umbilicus

Answer 24

tiny opening at the base of the feather where it inserts into the skin

Question 25

superior umbilicus

Answer 25

opening on the feather shat where the webbed part of the feather beings

Question 26

calamus

Answer 26

quill, round hallow and transparent portion of feather

Question 27

rachis

Answer 27

main feather shaft

Question 28

vane

Answer 28

flattened part of a feather that appears web like barbs barbules hamuli

Question 29

contour feathers

Answer 29

cover a birds body and have flight feathers of wings and tail

Question 30

semiplume feathers

Answer 30

feathers with main rachis but without barbules and hooklets under contour feathers

Question 31

down feathers

Answer 31

soft fluffy feathers that lack a soft and baubles

Question 32

filoplume feathers

Answer 32

bare shaft that lacks barbs located on the lake and upper back near contour feathers sensitive nerve endings

Question 33

bristles

Answer 33

modified contusion feathers with stiff rachis sense of touchp

Question 34

powder down feathers

Answer 34

never stop growing base and disintegrate at the tip

Question 35

feather tracts

Answer 35

caudal humeral alar central spinal femoral crural caudal

Question 36

molting

Answer 36

beings when a newly deviled feather pushes an old one out

Question 37

periderm

Answer 37

new feather covering

Question 38

birds have more vertebrae in what regions

Answer 38

cervical and coccygeal

Question 39

adrenal gland

Answer 39

secretes corticosterone (stress hormone), sex hormone, and hormones that control minerals

Question 40

bursa of fabricius

Answer 40

production of antibodies and lymphocytes

Question 41

gonads

Answer 41

testosterone, estrogens

Question 42

pancreas

Answer 42

synthesizes hormones that regulate blood sugar and polypeptide that inhibits gastrointestinal mobility and secretion

Question 43

parathyroid

Answer 43

PTH regulars calcium and phosphorus

Question 44

pituitary

Answer 44

anterior lobe secreted hormones that regulate other glands posterior lobe secreted ADH to conserve H20 in kidneys and oxytocin

Question 45

thymus

Answer 45

antibodies and lymphocytes

Question 46

third

Answer 46

thyroxin to regulate growth of body and feathers

Question 47

weight in G BPM resting/restrained 25

Answer 47

274/400-600

Question 48

weight in G BPM resting/restrained 100

Answer 48

206/500-600

Question 49

weight in G BPM resting/restrained 200

Answer 49

178/300-500

Question 50

weight in G BPM resting/restrained 500

Answer 50

147/160-300

Question 51

P QRS T

Answer 51

p- contraction and relaxation of atria QRS- contraction of ventricles T - relaxation of ventricles

Question 52

infundibulum

Answer 52

possesses folds that grab an ovum as it comes out of the ovary

Question 53

magnum

Answer 53

secretes laters of albumin or eye white around egg

Question 54

isthmus

Answer 54

deposits keratin shell membrane

Question 55

uterus

Answer 55

deposits watery albumin, a hard external shell, and pigmentation, of shell gland

Question 56

vagina

Answer 56

recreates mucous lays egg

Question 57

altricial

Answer 57

chicks hatched with eyes closed and skin bare

Question 58

semitricial

Answer 58

covers with down and immobile

Question 59

precocial

Answer 59

covered with downy feathers, eyes open, and are mobile

Question 60

semiprecocial

Answer 60

downy covering and open eyes but only move short distance

Question 61

mute

Answer 61

fecal material as a paste referred