neopulmo
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]neopulmo
- Part of the lung of birds formed by the parabronchi from the laterodorsal and lateroventral bronchi
- 2015 December 10, “Osteological and Soft-Tissue Evidence for Pneumatization in the Cervical Column of the Ostrich ( Struthio camelus ) and Observations on the Vertebral Columns of Non-Volant, Semi-Volant and Semi-Aquatic Birds”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- In most birds, the lung is functionally and anatomically subdivided into paleopulmo and neopulmo portions.