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30 Cards in this Set
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gallinacious
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heavily bodied birds such as turkeys, pheasants, and chickens
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ratites
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running birds with flat breastbones and strong muscular legs such as ostrichs and emus
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axial skeleton
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runs the length of the bird and includes the bones to which the limbs attach
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appendicular skeleton
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consists of the bones of the limbs.
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scleral ossicle
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circular bone that forms a ring around each eye
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pygostyle
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last few vertibrae that form the tail
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keel
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the raised middle portion of the breastbone to which the breast muscles attach
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prehension
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grasping and seizing
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adducting
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drawing the wing in toward the body
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syrinx
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produces sound in a bird
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optic lobes
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part of the birds brain concerned with vision
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nicitating membrane
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a third eyelid
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pinnae
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external projections of the ear
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collumella
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bone in a birds ear that converts sound waves to pressure waves
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ptilosis
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entire feather coat
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molted
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shed
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carrion
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rotting meat
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pterylae
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overlapping tracts of feathers covering skins bare spots
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brooding spot
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skin thickens and feathers fall out alloweing greater transfer of body heat from teh skin to eggs
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contour feathers
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responsible for the birds shape
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down
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soft fluffy feathers that provide warmth
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filoplumes
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absent in ratites ...hairlike feathers
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bristle feathers
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modified contour feathers forming eyelashes
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auricular feathers
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cover ear openings
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powder feathers
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give off powder, dont molt and grow continuosly
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keratin granules
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protein that makes up skin
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comb
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fleshy appendage at the top of the head
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wattle
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two part appendage that hangs below the mandible
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snood
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appendage attached to the forehead that hangs down over the beak
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caruncle
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small fleshy mass present on unfeathered skin like a turkeys head and neck
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