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1
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largest and most superficial flight muscle

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Pectoralis

2
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main elevator of wing, completely covered by pectoralis

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supracoracoideus

3
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sac-like specialization of esophagus

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crop

4
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covering most of viscera, allows continuous stream of air through the body

A

Air sacs

5
Q

lies anteriorly on the midline

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heart

6
Q

tucked laterally to the heart, spongy in texture

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lung

7
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posterior to the heart, right lobe considerably larger than left

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liver

8
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tucked into the left lobe of the liver, muscular distal portion of stomach

A

gizzard

9
Q

glandular, anterior part of stomach, deep to heart

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proventriculus

10
Q

digestive tube lies deep to heart

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esophagus

11
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respiratory tube lies deep to heart

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trachea

12
Q

posterior bifurcation of trachea

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bronchi

13
Q

sound producing organ a base of trachea

A

syrinx

14
Q

long, highly coiled posterior to gizzard

A

small intestine

15
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lies between ascending and descending portion of small intestine

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pancreas

16
Q

short, straight, posterior to small intestine

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large intestine

17
Q

marks division between small and large intestines

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colic cecum

18
Q

ovoid, dark organ just to the right of the distal end of the proventriculus

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spleen

19
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lies on dorsal wall of cavity, superficially divided into 3 lobes by passing vessels

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kidney

20
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wide tube that carries urine from kidneys to cloaca, emerging from anterior and middle lobes

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ureter

21
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bean shaped, lie on anterior lobes of kidneys

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testis

22
Q

carries semen from testes to cloaca, passes mostly on medial side of ureter

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ductus deferens

23
Q

lies on anterior end of left kidney, contains follicles

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ovary

24
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relatively straight tube that becomes large and convoluted, conducting ovum to cloaca, subdivided into glandular regions

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oviduct