. Beginners zoology. Zoology. 164 BEGINNERS' ZOOLOGY rough or smooth ? Why? Is the gizzard tough or weak? Why are small stones in the gizzard ? Why do not hawks and other birds of prey need a muscular gizzard ? The liver and pancreas empty their secretions into the intestines by several ducts a little way beyond the gizzard. Beyond the mouths of two caeca (Fig. 305) the many-coiled intestine empties into the straight rectum, which terminates in a widened part called the cloaca. Not only the intestine, but the two ureters of the urinary system and the two genital ducts of the reproductive syste
. Beginners zoology. Zoology. 164 BEGINNERS' ZOOLOGY rough or smooth ? Why? Is the gizzard tough or weak? Why are small stones in the gizzard ? Why do not hawks and other birds of prey need a muscular gizzard ? The liver and pancreas empty their secretions into the intestines by several ducts a little way beyond the gizzard. Beyond the mouths of two caeca (Fig. 305) the many-coiled intestine empties into the straight rectum, which terminates in a widened part called the cloaca. Not only the intestine, but the two ureters of the urinary system and the two genital ducts of the reproductive system all empty into the cloaca (Figs. 304, 305). The lungs have their rear sur- faces attached to the spinal column and ribs (///, Fig. 304). They are connected with thin- walled, transparent «â /;' sacs which aid in purifying the blood. When inflated with warm air, they prob- ably make the body of the bird more buoyant. For the names, location, and shape of several pairs of air sacs, see Fig. 306. The connection of the air sacs with hollows in the humerus bones is also shown in the figure. Many of the dones are holloiv; this adds to the buoyancy of the bird. The pulmonary artery, as in man, takes dark blood to the lungs to exchange its carbon dioxide for oxygen. Of two animals of the same weight, which ex- pends more energy, the one that flies, or the one that runs the same distance} Does a bird require more oxygen. Fig. 306.âPosition ofIatngs AND Air Sacs (Pigeon). Tr, windpipe; P, lungs; Lm, sac under thivicle with prolongation (£/() into humerus; La, sacs in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Coleman, Walter M. Toronto : Macmillan
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