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    164 SECTION 2  Comparative anatomy and physiology

    Syrinx

    Lung

    Air sac

    Trachea

    Cervical air sac


    Interclavicular air sac
    Syrinx

    Air sac in humerus

    Anterior thoracic air sac

    Posterior thoracic air sac


    (A) Lung

    Abdominal air sac

    (B)

    Fig. 13.9.  The respiratory system of the bird in situ (A) and removed from the body (B).

    Main features
    Circulatory system
    Heart
    The circulatory system follows a similar plan to that of the This is a four-chambered pump lying in the cranial part of the
    mammal. In order to provide for the high metabolic rate of the thoraco-abdominal cavity and it is quite similar to the heart of
    bird, the heart in particular must be able to pump the blood to the mammal. It is covered in a pericardial sac that sticks to some
    deliver oxygen and nutrients to the tissues quickly and effi- of the internal surfaces to hold the heart in place. The right atrio-
    ciently. In a resting chicken blood takes only 6 seconds to travel ventricular valve has no chordae tendinae and is merely a thick
    around the body. muscular flap of the myocardium.

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