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air bladder

synonyms for air bladder

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The air bladder therefore assists the ear of the catfish as the tympanum and its bones assist the ear of the higher animals.

In the great majority of fishes, a curious sac or bag known as the swimming or air bladder is found.

Then also, this elaborate air-bladder communicates with the mouth and throat by a tube, which corresponds to a windpipe.

These fishes generally have an air-bladder, and the gills lie close together in a cavity covered by an operculum.

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The dorsal and ventral fins are both very long; and, as is usual with bottom fishes, the swimming or air bladder is absent.

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Up to stage Q there are no signs of a rudimentary air-bladder.

The air-bladder is double, not cellular, with a large air-duct joining the ventral surface of the œsophagus.

In the living Crossopterygians the air-bladder is lung-like, attached by a duct to the ventral side of the œsophagus.

Nothing of the nature of lung or air-bladder is found in lancelet, lamprey, or shark.

Unlike the lung of the Dipneusti, this air-bladder is not cellular, and it receives only arterial blood.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985