Name That Bone
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Bend your mind...
#1 - What family is this bird and why does it have such a long tongue?
#2 - What is the purpose of the ring near the joint of this Osprey's limb?
#3 - What is going on with this swan's sternum?
#4 - Where are this Gannet's nostrils?
#1 - What family is this bird and why does it have such a long tongue?
#2 - What is the purpose of the ring near the joint of this Osprey's limb?
#3 - What is going on with this swan's sternum?
#4 - Where are this Gannet's nostrils?
Leave your answers in the comments, and look for my answers here later this week - have fun!
Great post. I'm not a bone guy, so I have no clue. Gery intersting about the life cycle of geckos, though.
ReplyDelete#2 Is a Scleral bone right? Or also called a sclerotic ring.
ReplyDeleteAs for the rest, I have no clue.
#1 Family maybe is Ardidae and the tongue is long to allow for striking for food with the long neck.
#2 are indeed the scleral ossicles, although the bird with the tongue is not an Ardeid. Guess again :)
ReplyDeleteI am going to try this, however biology and anatomy are not my strong points(and I am also a highschool dropout), so no laughing.
ReplyDelete1. The avian equivalent of the coccyx
2. scleral bone
3.Femur
4. Radial bones
5. Shins and feet
6. Hey where is the hot sauce, wings
7. ?
8. Well those look like the upper wings
9.Clavicle
10. Breastbone
11. Wishbone
1. Femurs of flightless birds?
2. Ramphastidae (wikipedia instant expert)
3. Seagull
4. Accipitridae?
5. Flamingo
6. hummingbird
7. Trochilidae, the tongue is long to reach nectar
8. To keep the tendon of the talon in place?
9. Resonating chamber?
10. Right in front of the eyes
Alright, I'll give this a shot!
ReplyDelete1- Tail - flatened bone on the end is the pygostyle where the tail feathers attach and the lower vertebrae
2- sclerotic ring
3- femur
4- tibiotarsus (tibia (large) and fibula (smaller bone))
5- humerus
6- carpometacarpus
7- ulna where secondary feathers attach (you can see the bumps)
8- tarsus
9- ribs
10- keel
11- furcula (fused clavical bones)
1- possibly corocoid bones
the rest im not to great with haha!
Jessica-