feathers | | similar to the internal cross bracing found in bones |
back | | birds inhale and exhale ? to move each breath |
sweat | | birds are designed for quick ? |
sacs | | Birds are designed for quick ?, thereby keeping them light |
avain | | Birds will sometimes swallow ? to help with digestion |
larger | | Birds eat a lot because they need a lot of ? to fly |
humerus | | a place which stores and moistens the bird's food |
pectorals | | deliver oxygen-rich blood to the bird's muscles |
major | | many bird bones are ? |
keratin | | grinds the bird's food to make it more easily digested |
thin | | plumage |
girders | | birds do not have ? glands in their respiratory system |
sand | | air ? collect the air that the birds breathe |
muscles | | birds have air ?, that are like tiny tubes in which air flows thru |
energy | | birds don't have strong ? muscles |
hollow | | most powerful bird muscles |
arteries | | pertaining to birds |
excretion | | skull bones of birds are very ? |
capillaries | | delivers oxygen-poor blood to the heart |
sternum | | without these powerful things, birds couldn't fly |
gizzard | | breastbone of bird, similar to a ship's keel |
digestion | | Pectoralis ? muscles lowers the bird's wings in flight |
crop | | a tendon is attached to the Pect. minor and ?, which raises bird's wings |
veins | | this along with struts of bone, makes up bird's bill |
twice | | bird's hearts are much ? in relation to its body size |