Avian anatomy
Internal anatomy of a bird: a warm-blooded animal with two wings, two feet, a horny beak and a body covered with feathers.
Spinal column: part of the nervous system with the spinal column.
Lung: saclike respiratory organ.
Kidney: blood-purifying organ.
Ureter: duct that carries urine from the kidney to outside the body of a bird.
Cecum: cul-de-sac of the intestine.
Rectum: last part of the intestine.
Intestine: last part of the digestive tract.
Gizzard: last pocket of the stomach of a bird.
Liver: bile-producing digestive gland.
Heart: blood-pumping organ.
Crop: pocket formed by the bulding of the esophagus.
Morphology of a bird: a warm-blood animal with two wings, two feet, a horny beak and a body covered with feathers.
Thigh: top part of the leg of a bird.
Scapulars: shoulder feathers.
Back: back part of a bird's thorax.
Nape: back of a bird's neck.
Auricular region: part of a bird's head related to the ear.
Crown: top part of a bird's head.
Eye: sight organ of a bird.
Fore head: top part of the face.
Upper mandible: top part of the beak.
Lower mandible: lower part of the beak.
Beak: a set of upper and lower mandibles.
Chin: lower part of the face.
Throat: fron tpart of the neck.
Breast: front part of the thorax.
Wing covert: upper part of the wings.
Flank: side part of the body.
Belly: front of the abdomen.
Primaries: the largest feathers on the edge of a bird's wing.
Secondaries: large feathers between the primaries and the tertials of a bird's wing.
Tarsus: part of the leg of a bird below the thigh.
Foot: the end part of a bird's leg.
Hind toe: jointed rear appendage.
Wing: appendage of aerial locomotio.
Under tail covert: feathers under a bird's tail.
Tail feathers: feathers forming the tail of a bird.
Upper tail feather: feathers above the tail.
Rump: projection of the lower back.
Skeleton of a bird: a warm-blooded animal with two wings, two feet, a horny beak and a body covered with feathers.
Thumb: first digit.
Middle digit: jointed middle appendage.
External digit: jointed outer appendage.
****carpal: bone forming the wrist.
Radius: inner bone of the forearm.
Ulna: outer bone of the forearm.
Humerus: arm bone.
Dorsal vertebra: back bone.
Ilium: bone of the pelvis.
Caudal vertebra: tail bone.
Pygostyle: piece formed by the fusion of the last vertebrae of the tail.
Ishium: bone of the pelvis.
Pubis: bone of the pelvis.
Rib: bone of the thoracic cage.
Hind toe: jointed rear appendage.
External toe: jointed outer appendage.
Internal toe: jointed inner appendage.
Middle toe: jointed middle appendage.
Tarso****tarsus: bone of the lower leg.
Tibia: bone forming the central part of the leg.
Sternum: central crest of a bird's sternum.
Femur: bone of the first part of a bird's leg.
Coracoid: projecting part of the shoulderblade.
Clavicle: shoulder bone.
Cervical vertebra: bone of the neck.
Lower maxillary: lower part of the beak.
Upper maxillary: upper part of the beak.
Nares: chamber of the nose.
Orbit: cavfity of the skull that contains the eye.
Skull: bony case of the brain.
Esophagus: first part of the digestive tract.
Trachea: first part of the respiratory system.
Buccal cavity: chamber of the mouth.
Morphology of a goose: bird with ***bed feet. One type of goose is domestic ans is raised for its flesh.
Fore head: upper part of a goose's face.
Eye: sight organ.
Crown: upper part of a goose's head.
Nape: rear part of a goose's neck.
Back: rear part of the thorax.
Scapulars: shoulder feathers.
Pennae (contour feathers): long wing feathers of a bird.
Primaries: the largest feathers of the edge of a goose's wing.
Rump: projecting part of the lower back.
Upper tail feathers: feathers above the tail of a bird.
Tail feathers (rectrix): tail feathers.
Under tail covert: feathers under the tail of a bird.
Belly: front part of the abdomen.
Flank: side part of the body.
Hind toe: jointed rear appendage.
***: thin skin joining the toes.
Breast: front part of the thorax.
Throat: front part of the neck.
Lower mandible: lower part of the beak.
Nostril: entrance to the respiratory system.
Groove: indentation on the tip of a goose's beak.
Upper mandible: upper part of a goose's beak.
