| feathers | | similar to the internal cross bracing found in bones |
| back | | birds inhale and exhale ? to move each breath |
| sweat | | birds are designed for quick ? |
| sacs | | Birds are designed for quick ?, thereby keeping them light |
| avain | | Birds will sometimes swallow ? to help with digestion |
| larger | | Birds eat a lot because they need a lot of ? to fly |
| humerus | | a place which stores and moistens the bird's food |
| pectorals | | deliver oxygen-rich blood to the bird's muscles |
| major | | many bird bones are ? |
| keratin | | grinds the bird's food to make it more easily digested |
| thin | | plumage |
| girders | | birds do not have ? glands in their respiratory system |
| sand | | air ? collect the air that the birds breathe |
| muscles | | birds have air ?, that are like tiny tubes in which air flows thru |
| energy | | birds don't have strong ? muscles |
| hollow | | most powerful bird muscles |
| arteries | | pertaining to birds |
| excretion | | skull bones of birds are very ? |
| capillaries | | delivers oxygen-poor blood to the heart |
| sternum | | without these powerful things, birds couldn't fly |
| gizzard | | breastbone of bird, similar to a ship's keel |
| digestion | | Pectoralis ? muscles lowers the bird's wings in flight |
| crop | | a tendon is attached to the Pect. minor and ?, which raises bird's wings |
| veins | | this along with struts of bone, makes up bird's bill |
| twice | | bird's hearts are much ? in relation to its body size |