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| species name for birds or birdlike animals |
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Acronym: AWA
Act regulates the care and treatment of animals. specifically animal research, animal dealers, transportation of animal. WHICH ARE BAD THINGS! |
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| Technique that uses living organisms to make or modify products, to improve plants or animals, or to develop microorganisms for specific purposes |
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| production of animal genetically identical to its parents |
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recombinant bovine somatotrophin
Bovine somatotropin |
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Acronym: rBST
Acronym: BST
rBST supplements naturally occuring BST in cattle to increase milk production
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| The scientific study of the behavior of an animal |
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| a group of birds or sheep |
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| Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations |
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Acronym: FAO
part of united nations that promotes agricultural development around the world |
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skeleton composed of various types
provide structure and form of the body and bind parts together |
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| skeleton refers to the central skeleton that includes the skull, vertebral column and the ribs |
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refers to limbs and appendages of the body
avian species and mammal species are relatively different |
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hardest connective tissue, provides structure and form body
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| connective tissue more flexible then bone, found either on parts of bones or independent of bone |
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| covers the surface of the bone in some types of joints |
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cartilage located between bone surfaces to cushion the surfaces
example: stifle joint |
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where bones come together
different types of joints arthroidal, ball and socket, hinge, suture, symphysis, trochoid, ligament, tendon |
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| joint in which small oval-shaped bones fit into a depression in a large bone |
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| highly movable joints in whihch the end of one bone is shaped into a ball that fits into a depression (socket) of the other bone in the joint example: hip joint |
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| allow movement in only one direction such as stifle joint |
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an immovable joint where two bones join
example: bones of the skull |
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type of joint where the two bones meet and work as single bone, are joined by cartilage, and have limited movement
example: pelvis |
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| joints that operate with a pulley-type function, such as atlas/axial joint |
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| connective tissue that attatches bone to bone |
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| connective tissue that attatches muscle to bone |
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| bony structure that provides shape to the head |
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| portion of the skull thgat surrounds and protects the brain |
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| bone that creates the bridge of the nose |
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| cartilage that divides the nasal cavity into two structures |
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| spaces in the skull that are filled with air or fluid |
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| column of bone also known as the backbone or the spine. made of many individual vertebrae |
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| grouped based on their location in the vertebral column and are numbered from the head to the tail |
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constitute the neck, mammals have seven cervical vertebrae, # C1(nearest skull)-C7
C1 called atlas
C2 called axis |
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| vertebrae next to the cervical, form the external part of the chine(back) and attached to the ribs |
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