book lung
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book lung
[′bu̇k ‚ləŋ] (invertebrate zoology)
A saccular respiratory organ in many arachnids consisting of numerous membranous folds arranged like the pages of a book.
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Keywords: Oxygen consumption, book lungs, mygalomorph spider
The book lungs are two paired organs located within the abdomen of spiders in an inextensible chitinous cavity called the atrium (Foelix 1996).
Glycoprotein staining after using the PAS reaction clearly detailed many delicate deposits of chitin lining chambers of the
book lung (Figs.
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