anatomy of a bird![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
esophagus ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Canal in the anterior part of the digestive tract; it carries food to the crop.
gizzard ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Muscular pouch behind the proventriculus in which food is ground with the help of stones swallowed by the bird before being digested.
lung ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Respiratory organ made up of an extensible tissue and forming a sac; air from the buccal cavity flows into it.
kidney ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Organ secreting urine; it eliminates toxic substances from the body.
ureter ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Long canal originating in the kidney and carrying urine to the cloaca.
pancreas ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Digestive gland connected to the duodenum and producing digestive enzymes and hormones.
small intestine ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Long narrow portion of the digestive tract behind the duodenum where part of digestion and food absorption takes place.
cloaca ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Orifice common to the intestine and the genital and urinary tracts; it is located at the terminal end of the digestive tract.
cecum ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Lateral canal located in the anterior portion of the intestine where especially a part of digestion and fermentation take place.
rectum ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Terminal end of the intestine before the cloaca.
duodenum ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Anterior portion of the small intestine into which secretions from the liver and pancreas empty.
liver ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Gland secreting mostly a substance (bile) that contributes to digestion.
proventriculus ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Portion of the digestive tract opening out into the gizzard and secreting substances that help digestion.
crop ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Large bulge at the back of the esophagus; it can dilate to receive food.
heart ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Muscular organ helping blood to circulate.
trachea ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Muscular cartilaginous canal carrying air from the buccal cavity to the lungs.
buccal cavity ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Anterior portion of the digestive tract containing the tongue and the salivary glands.