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Record 1 2021-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Respiratory System
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Birds
CONT

In mammalian lungs, inhaled air passes along bronchioles (tubes) to alveoli (dead-end sacks) where oxygen is absorbed. Exhaled air reverses back along these tubes in what is called a tidal fashion. The lungs of birds are very different. They lack the alveoli and instead the bird lung is composed of a network of very thin tubes termed parabronchi (the bird lung is often therefore referred to as a parabronchial lung), each of which divides into very many thinner capillaries where gaseous exchange takes place.

OBS

parabronchus: designation usually used in the plural.

OBS

parabronchi: plural.

Key term(s)
  • para-bronchus
  • parabronchi
  • para-bronchi

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil respiratoire
  • Anatomie animale
  • Oiseaux
OBS

parabronche : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • para-bronche
  • parabronches
  • para-bronches

Spanish

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