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Bird anatomy

life science Maturity 9-11

Birds have very light bones.

Squelette oiseau.svg
Squelette oiseau.svg
These bones help them fly. Their bones are mostly hollow. This makes them light for the sky. They also have a beak instead of teeth.
CráneoAve.svg
CráneoAve.svg
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File:Birdmorphology.svg
Birdmorphology.svg
File:Squelette oiseau.svg
Squelette oiseau.svg
File:Diversity of Bird Vertebrae.png
Diversity of Bird Vertebrae.png
File:Bird Pelvic Girdle Skeleton.png
Bird Pelvic Girdle Skeleton.png
File:Attached keeled sternum of a dissected pigeon.jpg
Attached keeled sternum of a dissected pigeon.jpg
File:CráneoAve.svg
CráneoAve.svg
File:Bird-feets-en.svg
Bird-feets-en.svg
File:Harpagornis claw vs eagle.png
Harpagornis claw vs eagle.png
File:Wing Muscles, color.svg
Wing Muscles, color.svg
File:Pigeon wing musculature, ventral.png
Pigeon wing musculature, ventral.png
File:Dorsal Wing View.png
Dorsal Wing View.png
File:Straußenfuß.jpg
Straußenfuß.jpg

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