Digestive system of a bird

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Picks up food and the food is swallowed whole
Beak
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Storage sack that holds the food until it is digested
Crop
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Produces enzymes that digest large insoluble into smaller soluble ones
Stomach
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Tough bag surrounded by muscle which contains grit which crushes up food
Gizzard
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Where digestion of food by enzymes is completed and some food is digested
Small intestine
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Where excess water is removed from the food
Large intestine
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A blind tube that increases area for absorbtion in the small intestine. Not very important in birds.
Caecum
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Where faeces is passed out
Vent
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Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

Storage sack that holds the food until it is digested

Back

Crop

Card 3

Front

Produces enzymes that digest large insoluble into smaller soluble ones

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Tough bag surrounded by muscle which contains grit which crushes up food

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Where digestion of food by enzymes is completed and some food is digested

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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dexsterrr

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this is well hard, but i rate it x

bettergetdoney

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errr quit hard please make a foundation version please

dexsterrr

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mate its spelt 'quite'

dexsterrr

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but we do need a foundation version ngl

bettergetdoney

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'it's'

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