Avian

Question 1

Greater content of what? In avian skeletons

Answer 1

Calcium Phosphate

Question 2

The Avian skeleton is characterised by what?

Answer 2

• Prominent sternum
• Pelvis that is open ventrally
• Forelimb modified to form a wing
• Considerable fusion of vertebrae

Question 3

The Avian skeleton is made up of…

Answer 3

• Skeleton Axiale
• Skeleton Appendiculare s. Membrorum

Question 4

Name peculiar avian features

Answer 4

• Ossa pneumatica
  (The pneumatization of bones by air sacs, which are extensions of the lungs)
• Ossa Medullaria
  (The appearance of (trabecular) medullary bone – the most important calcium reserve for egg production)

Question 5

Name the pats of the Skull (Skeleton Capitis)

Answer 5

• Neurocranium
• Splanchnocranium
• Viscerocranium

Question 6

Name all the parts of the Ossa Cranii

Answer 6

– os occipitale
– os sphenoidale
– os ethmoidale
– os parietale
– os frontale
– os temporale
– os praefrontale (os lacrimale)

Question 7

Name all the parts of the Ossa Faciei

Answer 7

– maxilla
– os praemaxilllare
– os palatinum
– vomer
– os pterygoideum
– os jugale
– mandibula
– os quadratum
– os hyoideum (apparatus hyoideus)
– ossa accessoria cranii

Question 8

Name the Beak and it’s parts in Latin

Answer 8

• Rostrum
• Rostrum Maxillare
• Rostrum Mandibulare

Question 9

Name the filter mechanism in the beak of a duck

Answer 9

• Lamellae

Question 10

Name the number of cervical vertebrae’s in each species

Answer 10

Small birds - 8
Swans - 25
Chickens - 14-17
Pidgeon - 12