ARCH 340 - Bird Bones

All photos taken are specifically goose bones (waterfowl) so keep this in mind

Atlas vertebra

Denoted by single large foramen

Axis vertebra

single foramen, hat shaped top

Cervical vertebra

denoted by 3 foramen - shocked face ° o °

Sternal rib

Sternal rib

Vertebral rib

“V” for “vertebral” at the proximal end

Caudal vertebra

small and pointy

Synsacrum

the melted-bone looking middle part

Pygostyle

end of the spine (posterior)

furcula

wishbone

coracoid

denoted by hook shape proximal end

Scapula

Humerus

Large porous hole on proximal end

Ulna

Papillae along edge (feather attachment bumps)

Radius

Bulbous round proximal end

Carpometacarpus (CMC)

fused bone (looks like chicken wing bone you eat)

Digit 2, Phalanx 1

Rectangular shape

Label the Illium, Ischium, and Pubis on the pelvis

Femur

2 main bumps on each end

Tibiotarsus

Little ridge/fin on side

Tarsometatarsus (TMT)

toes look

2 prominent ridges proximal end

Type of bone and specific bird type

Waterfowl — Scapula

rounded

Type of bone and specific bird type

Bird of prey — Scapula

broad with pointed top (3)

Type of bone and specific bird type

Waterfowl — Coracoid

small hook/crescent (1)

Type of bone and specific bird type

Bird of prey — Coracoid

Big hook/crescent shape (1)

Type of bone and specific bird type

Waterfowl — Humerus

small ridge (1)

Type of bone and specific bird type

Bird of prey — Humerus

large ridge (1)

Type of bone and specific bird type

Waterfowl — Sternum

rectangular, shallow bowl

Type of bone and specific bird type

Bird of prey — Sternum

rounded, deep bowl

Type of bone and specific bird type

Waterfowl — Tarsometatarsus (TMT)

really uneven toes (1)

Type of bone and specific bird type

Bird of prey — Tarsometatarsus (TMT)

even length toes

Type of bone and specific bird type

Diving bird — Carpometacarpus (CMC)

Prominent ridge on side

Type of bone and specific bird type

Diving bird — Tibiotarsus

big notch on proximal end

Type of bone and specific bird type

Shorebird — Ulna

2 sets of papillae (1) (feather attachments)

Type of bone and specific bird type

Shorebird — Digit 2, Phalanx 1

2 big foramen

Type of bone and specific bird type

Landfowl — Tarsometatarsus (TMT)

Hallux — heel spur

Type of bone and specific bird type

Perching bird (crow) — Ulna

Really prominent papillae

Thoracic vertebra

Denoted by pointed top

Which direction is distal

toward the feet

Which direction is proximal

toward the top of the body

Which direction is anterior

toward the front (head)

Which direction is posterior

toward the back (backside)

Which direction is lateral

outward

Which direction is medial

inward