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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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*'''''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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*'''''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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*'''''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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*'''''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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*'''''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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*'''''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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*'''''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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