paleopulmo
English
editEtymology
editpaleo- + Latin pulmō (“lung”)
Noun
editpaleopulmo
- Part of the lung of birds formed by the parabronchi from the mediolateral and medioventral 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.