Bird Muscle Anatomy. A bird has some 175 different muscles controlling the movements of its wings legs feet tongue eyes ears neck lungs sound-producing organs body wall and skin. A network of hundreds of muscles ligaments and tendons are required for flight.
Anatomy and histochemistry of select wing muscles Mm. The anatomy of a birds arm and wing. It supplies the body wall and upper leg muscles and gives rise to the obturator femoral cranial gluteal and saphenous nerves.
Test yourself with an interactive reference guide to all the important anatomical systems in a bird.
Birds have a smaller total number of bones than mammals or reptiles. THE GENIUS OF BIRDS the structure and design. Review the following images to begin exploring the similarities and differences between the skeletons of birds and other animals. The bones of the pectoral girdle.
