Title
MORPHOLOGY IN THE LUNGS OF THE BOIDAE
Autor
Zbigniew Zawada, Michał Załuski
Keywords
respiratory tract, lungs, snakes
Abstract
The respiratory tract of reptiles is anatomically and phisiologically very different from that of mammals. Snake lungs are elongated and consist of anterior portion-respiratory lung and posterior portion – saccular lung. In most (85%) snakes, the left lung is absent. In the boas and pythons and anaconda have two lungs. The right lung is longer than the left. Morphology in the lungs of the boidae is very interesting.
Pages
71-77
Cite
Zawada, Z., Załuski, M. (2004). MORPHOLOGY IN THE LUNGS OF THE BOIDAE. Acta Sci. Pol. Med. Vet., 3(1), 71-77.
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