Exam 1 Review
The muscles on the dorsum of the neck are the _____ muscles.
Hypaxial
The projection on the medial aspect of the tarsometatarsal bone is the ____________.
spur
The projection on the vertebral portion of the rib is the _________________.
Uncinate process
The muscle that moves the tail side to side is the ______________________.
lateralis caude
Two flexors of the hemuro/radio/ulnar joint are the ___________________ and _______________. The extensor of the same joint ______________.
The central core of a feather is called __________.
Rachis
The directional term for close to the body center is __________.
medial
The triosseal canal is comprised of three bones the ______________, ______________, and ______________.
The muscle at the back of the head ____________.
complexus
Feathers are blue to due ______________________________________ it scatters light.
The column in a bone is called the _______.
Osteon
The projections off of the central core of a feather are called _____________.
barbs
The fusion of bones in the avian thoracic region of the vertebral column is called the _____________.
notarium
In a chicken the notarium is comprised of ________________________________.
The short tubular bone of the avian leg is the _________.
femur
The tail feathers are collectively called _______________.
rectrices
The process of feather replacement is called ________________.
molting
The upstroke muscle of avian flight is _________________.
supracoracoideus
The downstroke muscle of avian flight is __________________.
pectoralis major
Bone forming cells are called _____________.
osteoblasts
The primary feathers are numbered _______________________.
Proximal to distal
The dorsal profile of the upper beak is the _________.
culmen
The horn-like covering of the beak is called the ________________________.
Rhampotheca
The chicken has ______ cervical vertebrae.
14
The first cervical vertebrae is called the _________________.
atlas
The term for the wrist is ___________; and for the ankle ____________.