Birds

Question 0

Passeriformes

Answer 0

Songbirds

Question 1

Psittaformes

Answer 1

Psittacines

Question 2

Anseriformes

Answer 2

Waterfowl

Question 3

Ciconiformes

Answer 3

Waterbirds

Question 4

Falconiformes

Answer 4

Raptors

Question 5

Galliformes

Answer 5

Fowl

Question 6

What bird stresses the easiest

Answer 6

Finches

Question 7

Ornithology

Answer 7

The study of birds

Question 8

Aviculture

Answer 8

The practice of keeping/breeding birds

Question 9

Things owners need to consider when purchasing a bird

Answer 9

Cost, time devoted, space, longevity

Question 10

Egg laying

Answer 10

Oviparous

Question 11

What are feathers made out of

Answer 11

Keratin

Question 12

Pygostyle

Answer 12

Tail

Question 13

Pterylae

Answer 13

Feathered tracts

Question 14

Apterylae

Answer 14

Featherless tracts

Question 15

The bases of the flight feathers are covered with smaller contour feathers called

Answer 15

Coverts

Question 16

Uropygial

Answer 16

Oil substance that cleans

Question 17

Patagium

Answer 17

Wing web that assists with flexibility and aerodynamics of flight

Question 18

Tetrapods

Answer 18

Having 4 limbs

Question 19

Uropygial gland are more prominent in what 2 birds

Answer 19

Waterfowl, water birds

Question 20

This is along the sternum and provides attachment of the pectoral muscles

Answer 20

Keel

Question 21

Fusion of the first thoracic vertebrae

Answer 21

Notarium

Question 22

Fusion of the caudal thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and Caudal vertebrae

Answer 22

Synsacrum

Question 23

% of body weight is skeleton

Answer 23

5%

Question 24

Pectoral girdle consists of what 3 things

Answer 24

Coracoid, clavicle, scapula

Question 26

Pneumatic bones

Answer 26

Proximal bones that are air-filled which connect to the respiratory tract

Question 27

what to use for IO

Answer 27

proximal part of distal bone

Question 28

the primary nitrogenous waste in avians

Answer 28

uric acid

Question 29

a pecten is a pigmented structure that

Answer 29

provides nutrients to the vitreous

Question 30

bony ring that supports to eye bones

Answer 30

sclerotic ring

Question 31

the ureters empty into the ___, the common emptying chamber for GI, reproductive, urinary systems

Answer 31

cloaca

Question 32

which sense is highly developed

Answer 32

visual

Question 33

sound producing structure just cranial to bifurcation of trachea

Answer 33

syrinx

Question 34

flap of tissue just inside the nostrils

Answer 34

operculum

Question 35

V- shaped slit on roof of mouth-communicates with nasal passageways

Answer 35

choanal slit

Question 36

how many air sacs

Answer 36

9

Question 37

3 things a bird lacks in resp. system

Answer 37

diaphragm, epiglottis, vocal cords

Question 38

proventriculus

Answer 38

true glandular stomach

Question 39

ventriculus

Answer 39

gizzard- muscular stomach

Question 40

crop

Answer 40

stores food and has peristaltic waves. part of esophagus

Question 41

what is the coelomic cavity

Answer 41

a birds abdomen

Question 42

homogamete vs heterogamete

Answer 42

homogamete- ZZ | heterogamete- ZW

Question 43

clutch

Answer 43

the # of eggs a female lays and incubates

Question 44

anticoagulant of choice

Answer 44

lithium heparin