The Vertebrate Lung |
Common terms and phrases
air capillaries air entering air flow air sacs air/blood barrier airways alveolar capillary alveolar ducts alveolar epithelium alveolar sacs alveolar surface alveolar wall alveoli amphibians amphibians and reptiles Anatomical barrier thickness Bern bird lung blood capillaries body cavity Brush cell bubble carbon dioxide cm³ collagen connective tissue dead space Diagram diameter Duncker elastic Electron micrograph Endothelial cell endothelium epithelial cell epithelium expiration fibres function g body mass gas exchange human lung inspiration interstitium intra-pulmonary bronchi Lamellated bodies layer lobes lobules mammalian lung mammals mesobronchus metabolic rate neopulmo osmiophilic oxygen parabronchi pleural pressure primary bronchus proportional to body pulmonary artery pulmonary circulation Red blood Reptile lungs Reptilia respiration respiratory bronchioles respiratory surface area respiratory zone right lung segments septa septum skin smooth muscle structure surfactant surfactant lining TENNEY terminal bronchioles thoracic cavity tion tortoise trachea Type II cells vascularized ventilation Vertebrate Lung vertebrates Weibel