Ccbc Co-Op Bio Chapter 17-18 Vertebrates: Set 2

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•Papilla

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A tiny bump on the skin of a bird from which a feather protrudes.

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Preening

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To smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak or bill.

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Molting

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The shedding of an exoskeleton, scales, feathers, or fur.

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Quill

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The shaft portion of a feather that extends below the vane; the part of the feather on the skin.

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Rachis

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The slender, central part of a bird’s feather from which the barbs protrude.

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Vane -

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the flat part of a feather, composed of parallel rows of barbs.

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Down feather -

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initial feathers of young birds and underlying, insulating feathers in adult birds.

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Contour feather -

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any of the outer feathers on a bird; includes the flight feathers

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Keel -

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the ridge on a bird's sternum.

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Crop -

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a portion of the digestive tract that temporarily stores food.

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Proventriculus:

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the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.

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Gizzard:

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a thick-walled digestive organ that grinds food.

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Air sacs:

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a series of hollow chambers connected to the respiratory system of birds.

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Syrinx:

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the song box of a bird

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Precocial chicks:

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a bird that has a long incubation and is usually able to care for itself when it hatches.

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Altricial chicks

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young bird that is naked and helpless when hatched.

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Incisors

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Flat, thin teeth used in gnawing, biting, and cutting food.

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Canines

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Pointed teeth generally used for tearing; name comes from general term forthe members of the dog family.

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Molars

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Cheek teeth in humans and some mammals used for grinding.

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Rumen

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The first of four chambers of the stomach of a ruminant.

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Cecum-

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A pouch like extension between the small intestine and the large intestine

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Diaphragm-

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-the muscle that separates the lungs from the abdominal organs

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Larynx-

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the voice box, a cartilaginous organ containing vocal cords

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Uterus-

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-a muscular chamber where the young develop

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Placenta-

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Composed of a portion of the uterine wall and tissues of the embryo, forms

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Umbilical cord

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Anatomy. a cord or funicle connecting the embryo or
fetus with the placenta of the mother and transporting nourishment
from the mother and wastes from the fetus

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Gestation

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The period of development in the uterus from conception
until birth; pregnancy

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Mammary glands

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organ of the female mammal that produces and secretes
milk for the nourishment of the young

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Rodents

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Any of various mammals of the order Rodentia, such as a
mouse, rat, squirrel, or beaver, characterized by large incisors
adapted for gnawing or nibbling.

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Carnivores

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Any of various predatory, flesh-eating mammals of the order
Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, bears, weasels, hyenas, and
raccoons

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Aquatic mammals-

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-order Cetacea

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Primates-

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the erect mammals

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Odd-toed ungulates-In order Perissodactyla.

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The Ungulates in this order have one long-hoofed toe or three enlarged toes.

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Even-toed ungulates-The mammals in the order Artiodactyla

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hare called “even-toed Ungulates”. They have long legs with 2 or 4 functional hoofed toes.

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Marsupials-

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-Pertaining to mammals that possess a marsupium.

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Monotremes

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are mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young like marsupials and placental mammals.
There are only five living monotreme species: the duck-billed platypus and four species of echidna (also known as spiny anteaters). All of them are found only in Australia and New Guinea.

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Sidewinding

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used by snakes to move in deserts were traction is low

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Carapace

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the portion of the exoskeleton that covers the cephalothorax in some arthropods

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Plastron

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the ventral part of the turtles body shell