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- 5. Acts as water repellent
- 7. Main function is water resorption to increase water content of cells and maintain water balance in the bird.
- 9. simple sugars
- 10. Found in the heart. Involuntary. Needs no outside stimulus for contraction.
- 12. Responsible for voluntary movements Constitutes most of the muscle mass of the body.
- 14. Connect the skeletal system to the respiratory system
- 17. located within the loop of the duodenum
- 20. monoglycerides and fatty acids
- 21. Extra pair of bones that birds have and mammals do not have
- 23. predominates in ‘white meat’
- 25. Bulbous area at end of digestive tract, Common chamber for the digestive, reproductive and urinary tract discharges.
- 26. Glands Saliva serves to lubricate foods
- 27. largest organ in the body
- 29. predominates in ‘dark meat’
- 30. No lips, teeth, soft palate or cheek, therefore no chewing
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- 1. Primary organ of digestion and absorption. Made up of duodenum and lower small intestines.
- 2. breaks down starch and glycogen
- 3. Lines various organs and tissues of the body including blood vessels, intestines and other organs.
- 4. Fibers possessing characteristics of both red and white fibers.
- 6. Also known as the gullet
- 8. An outer protective covering formed by the skin and feathers
- 11. Secretes gastric juices e.g., HCl and the enzyme pepsin which aids in
- 13. Derived from reptiles from which the birds evolved
- 15. amino acids
- 16. The external opening of the cloaca where waste products and other substances leave the body.
- 18. Composed of type of protein called keratin]
- 19. muscular stomach, Grinds and mixes the feed.
- 22. Two blind pouches found at the junction of the small and large intestines
- 24. produced in the liver stored in the gall bladder
- 25. Forms from an out-pouching of the esophagus Mostly a storage organ.
- 28. Glandular stomach, also called the true stomach