"dorsobronchus" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From dorso- + bronchus.",
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          "ref": "1961, The American Midland Naturalist, page 52:",
          "text": "The fifth dorsobronchus turns posteriorly at the point where it approximates the dorsolateral margin of the lung and extends toward the posterior tip of the mesobronchus.",
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          "ref": "1999, Denis Charles Deeming, The Ostrich: Biology, Production and Health, page 63:",
          "text": "The ventral end of the mesobronchus branches into several ventrobronchi, and the caudal end of the mesobronchus branches into several dorsobronchi.",
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          "ref": "2012, E.W. Jr. Jameson, Patterns of Vertebrate Biology, page 116:",
          "text": "As air enters the avian lung through a primary bronchus, it flows caudad to the first abdominal air sac (E) and then through the large laterobronchus (5) to the posterior thoracic air sac (D). Reversal of pressure in the posterior thoracic and abdominal air sacs forces air up and forward through the primary bronchus (2) and each dorsobronchus (4) through the paleopulmo through parabronchi (6) to the ventrobronchi (3). Simultaneously, low pressure in the anterior sacs (cervical, interclavicular and anterior throacic) supports the flow from the ventrobronchi; prior to exhalation this air enters the anterior air sacs. Increased pressure in the anterior air sacs forces exploited air out the tracheal system.",
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          "ref": "2013, Hans-Rainer Duncker, The Lung Air Sac System of Birds:",
          "text": "In the song birds, the primary bronchus has become so narrow after branching of the last dorsobronchus that it cannot be distinguished from a parabronchus.",
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        "Any of several tubes in the avian respiratory system which transport air from one of the mesobronchi to the parabronchi."
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          "parabronchi",
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  "word": "dorsobronchus"
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          "ref": "1961, The American Midland Naturalist, page 52:",
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        },
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          "ref": "1999, Denis Charles Deeming, The Ostrich: Biology, Production and Health, page 63:",
          "text": "The ventral end of the mesobronchus branches into several ventrobronchi, and the caudal end of the mesobronchus branches into several dorsobronchi.",
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          "text": "As air enters the avian lung through a primary bronchus, it flows caudad to the first abdominal air sac (E) and then through the large laterobronchus (5) to the posterior thoracic air sac (D). Reversal of pressure in the posterior thoracic and abdominal air sacs forces air up and forward through the primary bronchus (2) and each dorsobronchus (4) through the paleopulmo through parabronchi (6) to the ventrobronchi (3). Simultaneously, low pressure in the anterior sacs (cervical, interclavicular and anterior throacic) supports the flow from the ventrobronchi; prior to exhalation this air enters the anterior air sacs. Increased pressure in the anterior air sacs forces exploited air out the tracheal system.",
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