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ventrobronchus en · NOUN

Etymology

From ventro- + bronchus.

Meanings

1. Any of several tubes in the avian respiratory system which transport air from one of the parabronchi to the anterior air sacs.
   • The third ventrobronchus is characterized by a short, sturdy stem, which it gives off towards medioventral shortly after its origin from the primary bronchus. 2013, Hans-Rainer Duncker, The Lung Air Sac System of Birds:
   • Ventrobronchi branch ventrally. The first ventrobronchus is connected to the cervical air sac and also supplies cranially the ventral and medial parts of the lung together with the second ventrobronchus. 2018, S. M. Kisia, Vertebrates: Structures and Functions, page 238:
   • The ventral end of the mesobronchus branches into several ventrobronchi, and the caudal end of the mesobronchus branches into several dorsobronchi. 1999, Denis Charles Deeming, The Ostrich: Biology, Production and Health, page 63:

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