Transcript JUST VOCAB
JUST VOCAB BIRDS Chapters 44 Membrane sac in an amniotic egg ____________________ Allantois that exchanges gases and stores nitrogen waste The proteins and water stored in an amniotic egg albumen ____________________ Yolk sac Membrane sac in an amniotic egg __________________ that surrounds the fat-rich food supply Membrane that surrounds the embryo and the fluid in which it floats ______________________________ amnion Membrane that surrounds all the other membranes ____________________________ chorion Tiny air sac that increases surface area in the lungs alveoli ____________________ Voice box where the trachea branches syrinx ____________________ Dividing wall that separates the ventricle into 2 chambers Fused collar bones that stabilize the wings during flight septum __________________ furcula __________________ Fused vertebrae that support pygostyle the tail during flight ____________________ Large breastbone where the pectoralis muscle attaches ____________________ sternum Type of reproduction in which the egg is surrounded by a shell and laid Oviparous outside the body to hatch __________________ Ornithologist Scientist who studies birds ___________________________ Endocrine gland that regulates Heart rate, blood pressure, & metabolism thyroid ____________________ Tubules that carry urine from the ureters kidney to the cloaca ____________________ Small tubules that carry sperm from the testes to the cloaca __________________ Vas deferens Tubes which add the albumen & shell to the eggs as they are carried from ovary to cloaca ___________________ oviducts Joining of an egg & sperm outside External fertilization the female’s body ____________________ Kind of development in which offspring are born/hatch looking like their parents only smaller Direct ____________________ development Kind of circulatory system in which blood is contained inside vessels closed __________________ Organism that has a notochord, pharyngeal pouches, a post anal tail, and a dorsal nerve cord ______________________________ Chordate vertebrate Organism with a backbone ____________________ Organism whose blastopore deuterostome becomes its anus ____________________ mesentery Thin membrane in the coelom that____________________ connects and holds the internal organs together Columbiformes Order of birds that _____________________ includes pigeons and doves Maintaining the correct osmoregulation balance of water and ____________________ ions in the body cranium Covering made of bone that ____________________ protects the brain; also called skull Nerve cord surrounded by bone or cartilage; also called a Spinal cord _____________________ Vertebral column Joining of an egg & sperm inside the female’s body ____________________ Internal fertilization Enlargement of the esophagus that stores and moistens food waiting to be digested 1st part of the stomach in a bird where digestion begins crop ____________________ proventriculus __________________ A protein found in the scaly skin of ______________________ reptiles and also in bird feathers, & human hair & fingernails keratin Baby birds that are hatched blind, naked, and helpless ____________________ altricial 2nd part of the stomach which gizzard contains rocks for grinding food __________________ Eardrum Tympanic membrane __________________ AVES CLASS for birds __________________ Opening at back of throat for gullet food to enter esophagus ____________________ ileum Coiled portion of small intestine ____________________ between duodenum and large intestine Bile storage organ Lower jaw Gall bladder __________________ mandible ______________________________ maxilla Upper jaw ______________________________ Small pouches at the junction of the Small and large intestine that contain bacteria to help digest plants ________________ Colic caeca Baby birds that can run , swim, and precocial fly soon after they hatch _________________ Outside body covering in an animal __________________ integument This kind of body organ works automatically autonomic without thinking about it ______________ An egg with four membranes and a protective shell found in reptiles, ____________________ BIRDS, and a few mammals Amniotic In animals the body plan where the left and right sides are mirror images Bilateral of each other ____________________ symmetry This part smoothes the flow of blood Conus arteriosus leaving the ventricle __________________ These small thin walled blood vessels connect arteries and veins and are the place where gases, wastes, & nutrients are exchanged __________________ capillaries arteries Blood vessels that carry blood ________________________ away from the heart Membrane that covers and protects membrane a frog’s eye while swimming Nictitating ______________________ Area in a fish’s brain that receives and processes info from visual, auditory, Optic lobes and lateral line systems _______________________________ Posterior part of the brain that controls balance and muscle coordination ________________________ cerebellum Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart veins _________________ cere Fleshy area near the beak of a bird _________________ Posterior part of the brain that integrates info from the other brain parts and where higher brain functions like memory, learning, reasoning, and problem solving occur _____________ cerebrum Collecting chamber that receives blood returning to the heart from the body before it enters the atrium __________________________ Sinus venosus Part of the brain that controls the autonomic internal organs __________________________ Medulla oblongata and relays sensory info from body The concentration of nervous and sensory organs in the anterior end of an animal _____________________________ cephalization Small fingerlike extensions inside the intestine that increase surface area villi for greater absorption of nutrients _______________ First section of intestine _______________________ nearest stomach duodenum The energy molecule is stored glycogen in the liver ________________________ This substance is made by the pancreas and causes cells to release glucose into glucagon the bloodstream. __________________ (Be careful! It sounds like the answer above. Don’t get these 2 confused!) Gland that controls heart rate, Blood pressure, and metabolism thyroid __________________ Multipurpose exit space before cloaca the vent ____________________ Body temperature that is dependent on their environment “cold-blooded” ectothermic __________________ Organ that makes, stores, and spleen recycles red blood cells ______________________ Organ that makes eggs ovary ____________________ Organ that makes sperm testes ____________________ Exit opening in animals with vent a cloaca __________________ Opening at back of mouth to glottis the lungs ____________________ nares Scientific name for “nostrils” ____________________ olfactory Sense that deals with smell____________________ Circulation that carries blood pulmonary from heart to lungs and back to heart__________________ Urine storage organ Urinary bladder _________________________ Circulation that carries blood from heart systemic to body organs and back to heart ____________________ Ringed tube that carries air from trachea Glottis to bronchi ____________________ Smaller ringed tubes that carry air bronchi from trachea into lungs____________________ Largest vein returning blood Vena cava to heart __________________ Largest artery leaving heart Aorta ________________________ Organ that absorbs water and Large intestine concentrates digestive waste ____________________ Extensions on the lungs of a bird that store air but don’t exchange gases_________________ Air sacs Small finger-like extensions lining the small intestine to increase ____________________ villi Surface area for more nutrient absorption alveoli Small air sacs inside the lungs that__________________ Increase surface area for more gas exchange Featherless area of skin on the abdomen of birds used to keep the eggs warm Brood patch ______________________ Nutritious milk-like fluid made in the crop of pigeons and doves ____________________ Crop milk