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The lung is the essential organ of respiration in air-breathing vertebrates.

Arachnid lungs

Spiders have structures called "book lungs", which are not evolutionarily related to vertebrate lungs but serve a similar respiratory purpose.

Related Topics:
Spider - Book lung

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◄ Lung: Amphibian lungs
Lung: Crustacean lungs ►

~ Table of Content ~

►Introduction
►The respiratory function of the lung
►Nonrespiratory functions of the lung
►Mammalian lungs
►Avian lungs
►Reptilian lungs
►Amphibian lungs
►Arachnid lungs
►Crustacean lungs
►Evolutionary origins
►See also
►External links

 

 

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