Airway receptors in birds

Kubke, Maria; Wild, John; Suthers, RA

Airway receptors in birds

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/8670

Issue Date: 2009

Reference: In Structure, Evolution and Function of the Airway Chemoreceptors in the Vertebrates. Editors: Zaccone G, Cultz E, Adriaenssen D, Nurse C, Maucer A. 199-212. Science Publishers, Enfield, NH 2009

Rights: Copyright: Science Publishers

Rights (URI): https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm

Abstract:

The respiratory system of birds consists of the non-expandable lungs and a series of air sacs providing a unidirectional system of air flow (Maina, 2002). The avian lung is formed by a series of tubular structures, the parabronchi, through which air flows unidirectionally, and a series of air capillaries where gas exchange with the blood takes place (Dunker, 1971; Duncker, 1972; Duncker, 1974; Scheid, 1979). ...

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