"Beak" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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In some animals, the jaws together with their horny covering. The beak usually refers to the bill of birds in which the whole varies greatly in form according of the food and habits of the bird. While the beak refers most commonly to birds, the anatomical counterpart is found also in the turtle, squid, and octopus. (From Webster, 3d ed & Storer, et al., General Zoology, 6th ed, p491, 755)
| Descriptor ID |
D001502
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.114
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| Concept/Terms |
Bill, Avian- Bill, Avian
- Avian Bill
- Avian Bills
- Bills, Avian
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Beak" by people in Profiles.
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Zeigler HP. Behavioral morphology of the pigeon's peck: ingestion, prehension and cognition. Eur J Morphol. 1997 Oct; 35(4):255-68.
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Bermejo R, Zeigler HP. Trigeminal deafferentation and prehension in the pigeon. Behav Brain Res. 1989 Oct 01; 35(1):55-61.
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Deich JD, Houben D, Allan RW, Zeigler HP. "On-line" monitoring of jaw movements in the pigeon. Physiol Behav. 1985 Aug; 35(2):307-11.
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Wild JM, Arends JJ, Zeigler HP. A trigeminal sensorimotor circuit for pecking, grasping and feeding in the pigeon (Columba livia). Brain Res. 1984 May 21; 300(1):146-51.
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Wild JM, Zeigler HP. Central representation and somatotopic organization of the jaw muscles within the facial and trigeminal nuclei of the pigeon (Columba livia). J Comp Neurol. 1980 Jul 01; 192(1):175-201.
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Zeigler HP, Miller M. Trigeminal nerve and eating in the pigeon (Columba livia): neurosensory control of the consummatory responses. J Comp Physiol Psychol. 1975 Oct; 89(8):845-58.
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Witkovsky P, Zeigler HP, Silver R. The nucleus basalis of the pigeon: a single-unit analysis. J Comp Neurol. 1973 Jan 01; 147(1):119-28.
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Zeigler HP, Witkovsky P. The main sensory trigeminal nucleus in the pigeon: a single-unit analysis. J Comp Neurol. 1968 Nov; 134(3):255-64.