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Animal Structures > Air Sacs

Preferred term

Air Sacs  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Air Bladder
  • Air Bladders
  • Bladder, Air
  • Bladders, Air
  • Swimbladder
  • Swimbladders

Note

  • in birds, fish, insects & mammals; sacculitis in veterinary animals: coord IM with RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES/vet (IM) or RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS/vet (IM)

Scope note

  • Thin-walled sacs or spaces which function as a part of the respiratory system in birds, fishes, insects, and mammals.

History note

  • 68; AIR BLADDER was heading 1968-80

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • ilmapussi
  • ilmarakko
  • ilmarakot
  • uintipussi
  • uintipussit
  • uintirakko
  • uintirakot
  • Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000400

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