VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY PIGEON DISSECTION

Identify the structures pictured below.  Answers are listed in a table below the pictures.

Structures Structures Structures
1. Large Intestine 11. Tail Feathers 21. Pectoralis
2. Caeca 12. Crop 22. Supracoracoidius
3. Ovary 13. Esophagus 23. Crop
4. Gizzard 14. Contour Feathers 24. Glottis
5. Testes 15. Down Feathers 25. Palatine Folds
6. Pancreas 16. Allula 26. Tongue
7. Duodenum 17. Primary Feathers 27. Posterior Opening of Air  Passage 
8. Lungs 18. Secondary Feathers 28. Large Intestine
9. Heart 19. Cloaca 29. Kidneys
10. Liver 20. Small Intestine 30. Proventriculus

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