Difference between revisions of "The Avian Alimentary Tract - Anatomy & Physiology - Flashcards"

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||[[The Avian Tongue - Anatomy & Physiology#Histology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
||[[The Avian Tongue - Anatomy & Physiology#Histology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''Are taste bids present on the avian tongue?'''
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|<big>'''Are taste buds present on the avian tongue?'''
 
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*'''''Yes'''''
 
*'''''Yes'''''
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||[[The Avian Hard Palate - Anatomy & Physiology#Histology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
||[[The Avian Hard Palate - Anatomy & Physiology#Histology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''How do birds breathe when their beak is closed?'''
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|<big>'''How does a bird breathe when its beak is closed?'''
 
||<big> Air passes from the trachea into the oral cavity, then through the <font color="white">'''''choanal opening'''''</font> in the roof of the hard palate, into the <font color="white">'''''infundibulum'''''</font> then into the <font color="white">'''''nasal pharynx'''''</font> before exiting through the <font color="white">'''''nares'''''
 
||<big> Air passes from the trachea into the oral cavity, then through the <font color="white">'''''choanal opening'''''</font> in the roof of the hard palate, into the <font color="white">'''''infundibulum'''''</font> then into the <font color="white">'''''nasal pharynx'''''</font> before exiting through the <font color="white">'''''nares'''''
 
||[[The Avian Hard Palate - Anatomy & Physiology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
||[[The Avian Hard Palate - Anatomy & Physiology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What structure connects the proventriculus to the gizzard?'''
 
|<big>'''What structure connects the proventriculus to the gizzard?'''
 
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*'''''Isthmus'''''
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*'''''The isthmus'''''
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||[[Crop- Anatomy and Physiology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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||[[The Proventriculus - Anatomy & Physiology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What is the function of the proventriculus?'''
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*'''''Secrete digestive enzymes'''''
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||[[The Proventriculus - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure and Function|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What type of epithelium lines the proventriculus?'''
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*'''''Glandular epithelium'''''
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*'''''Columnar'''''
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||[[The Proventriculus - Anatomy & Physiology#Histology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''True or False: Parietal cells are present in the proventriculus?'''
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*'''''False'''''
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||[[The Proventriculus - Anatomy & Physiology#Histology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''How many layers of lamina muscularis are present in the proventriculus and in the gizzard?'''
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*'''''Inner oblique'''''
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*'''''Middle circular'''''
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*'''''Outer longitudinal'''''
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||[[The Proventriculus - Anatomy & Physiology#Histology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What is the function of the gizzard?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Mechanical digestion'''''
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||[[The Gizzard - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure and Function|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Why does the gizzard appear yellow in colour?'''
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*'''''It is yellow due to bile reflux from the duodenum'''''
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||[[The Gizzard - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure and Function|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What type of epithelium is present in the gizzard?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Cuboidal'''''
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*'''''Keratinised'''''
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*'''''Koilin cuticle present'''''
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||[[The Gizzard - Anatomy & Physiology#Histology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Which species do not have a gizzard?'''
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*'''''Raptors'''''
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*'''''Owls'''''
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*'''''Gulls'''''
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||[[The Gizzard - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure and Function|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What organ is present in between the duodenal loops?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''The pancreas'''''
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||[[The Avian Intestines - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Where do the pancreatic and bile ducts enter the duodenum?'''
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*'''''In the caudal part'''''
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||[[The Avian Intestines - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What is the Vitelline Diverticula?'''
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*'''''Small outgrowth of the jejunum'''''
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*'''''Connect to yolk sac in the embryo'''''
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*'''''Also called Merkel's diverticulum'''''
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||[[The Avian Intestines - Anatomy & Physiology#Vitelline Diverticula|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''How many caeca are present in avians?'''
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*'''''Two'''''
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||[[The Avian Intestines - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What type of epithelium and glands lines the caeca?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Columnar'''''
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*'''''Mucous cells'''''
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||[[The Avian Intestines - Anatomy & Physiology#Histology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Which avian species does not have caeca?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Parrots'''''
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||[[The Avian Intestines - Anatomy & Physiology#Species Differences|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What colour is the avian liver?'''
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*'''''Dark brown'''''
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||[[The Avian Liver - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''How many lobes does the avian liver have?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Two'''''
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*'''''The right lobe is larger than the left lobe'''''
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||[[The Avian Liver - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Which species do not have a gall bladder?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Pigeons'''''
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*'''''Parrots'''''
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||[[The Avian Liver - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What part of the cloaca does the alimentary system terminate in?'''
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*'''''The coprodeum'''''
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||[[The Avian Vent and Cloaca - Anatomy & Physiology#The Cloaca|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''How do galliformes release extra ammonia for protein synthesis?'''
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||<big>Turkeys and chickens can move urates from the <font color="white">'''''urinary tract'''''</font> to the <font color="white">'''''colon'''''</font> and then into the <font color="white">'''''caeca'''''</font> recycling ammonia for protein synthesis
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||[[Forestomach - Anatomy & Physiology#Development|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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Avian Alimentary System Flashcards

Question Answer Article
True or False: The avian tongue has a bone in it?
  • True
 Link to Answer Article
In which direction are the horny papillae of the tongue facing?
  • Caudally
 Link to Answer Article
Are taste buds present on the avian tongue?
  • Yes
 Link to Answer Article
Which substances are present in avian saliva?
  • Amylase
  • Mucous
 Link to Answer Article
How does a bird breathe when its beak is closed? Air passes from the trachea into the oral cavity, then through the choanal opening in the roof of the hard palate, into the infundibulum then into the nasal pharynx before exiting through the nares Link to Answer Article
What is the function of the crop?
  • Store of food
 Link to Answer Article
Which nerve innervates the crop?
  • Vagus nerve (CN X)
 Link to Answer Article
Pigeons slough their epithelial cells of the crop to produce which substance?
  • Crop milk
 Link to Answer Article
What structure connects the proventriculus to the gizzard?
  • The isthmus
 Link to Answer Article
What is the function of the proventriculus?
  • Secrete digestive enzymes
 Link to Answer Article
What type of epithelium lines the proventriculus?
  • Glandular epithelium
  • Columnar
 Link to Answer Article
True or False: Parietal cells are present in the proventriculus?
  • False
 Link to Answer Article
How many layers of lamina muscularis are present in the proventriculus and in the gizzard?
  • Inner oblique
  • Middle circular
  • Outer longitudinal
 Link to Answer Article
What is the function of the gizzard?
  • Mechanical digestion
 Link to Answer Article
Why does the gizzard appear yellow in colour?
  • It is yellow due to bile reflux from the duodenum
 Link to Answer Article
What type of epithelium is present in the gizzard?
  • Cuboidal
  • Keratinised
  • Koilin cuticle present
 Link to Answer Article
Which species do not have a gizzard?
  • Raptors
  • Owls
  • Gulls
 Link to Answer Article
What organ is present in between the duodenal loops?
  • The pancreas
 Link to Answer Article
Where do the pancreatic and bile ducts enter the duodenum?
  • In the caudal part
 Link to Answer Article
What is the Vitelline Diverticula?
  • Small outgrowth of the jejunum
  • Connect to yolk sac in the embryo
  • Also called Merkel's diverticulum
 Link to Answer Article
How many caeca are present in avians?
  • Two
 Link to Answer Article
What type of epithelium and glands lines the caeca?
  • Columnar
  • Mucous cells
 Link to Answer Article
Which avian species does not have caeca?
  • Parrots
 Link to Answer Article
What colour is the avian liver?
  • Dark brown
 Link to Answer Article
How many lobes does the avian liver have?
  • Two
  • The right lobe is larger than the left lobe
 Link to Answer Article
Which species do not have a gall bladder?
  • Pigeons
  • Parrots
 Link to Answer Article
What part of the cloaca does the alimentary system terminate in?
  • The coprodeum
 Link to Answer Article
How do galliformes release extra ammonia for protein synthesis? Turkeys and chickens can move urates from the urinary tract to the colon and then into the caeca recycling ammonia for protein synthesis Link to Answer Article
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