Avian Respiration

[Ryan44567]

Thank you very much for helping me get a higher mark on my final tomorrow.

[hmmm150]

thank you! i finally understand how the unidirectional airflow works in aves!

[caveatempt0r]

This is plain wrong and is NOT how air flows through the avian respiratory system.

There is no difference between a 1st and 2nd breathing cycle.

During inhalation air splits at the end of the mesobronchus and ~1/2 enters the posterior air sacs whilst the rest passes through the lungs and into the anterior air sacs.

During exhalation air from the posterior air sacs pass through the lungs and exits via the trachea whilst air from the anterior air sacs exit directly via the trachea.

[EyesOpenEyesClosed]

@caveatempt0r Thanks for your input, I'm sure you are right.

[caveatempt0r]

@EyesOpenEyesClosed

google for Airflow and respired gases within the lung-air-sac system of birds to get a paper by J.H Brackenbury

Or Google for bird lung and select the people.eku.edu/ritchisong/bird­respiration page. Its usually the first hit.

[littleripper312]

I don't understand why my professor had such a difficult time getting this concept across geez

[brunette427]

Thank you! I finally get it. You make it much easier to understand.

[matthewbright1992]

Thanks Heaps!

[bunglebonce]

Thanks. I was just watching a documentary on birds and I missed what they said on respiration. This explains what I think I missed perfectly!

[sunshineinahoneyjar]

In less than two minutes you have made avian respiration easy. THANK YOU.

[praneethnamburi]

nice animation and explanation, thank you :)

[Petridish27]

Thanks so much! This totally saved my life. We had to do a project where we designed an animal, and I wanted to do a bird, and I finally found something that easily explains respiration!

[EyesOpenEyesClosed]

Thanks all, I am glad they are useful for someone!

[tmadoorable]

Stuck in the library with only notes and no diagrams to learn this from. Your animation was very helpful, thank you.

[lbsspro3]

Very helpful!

[brapdude]

Thanks, very helpful ;)

[SpotsLinesAndDots]

very well done

[bbchug]

I'm taking a Basic Ornithology class for my undergrad and this animation really, really helped with my understanding. Thank you.

[spleechick]

thank you! This was the most understandable explanation of this I have seen

[joshmaher16]

Hey thanks for the video, about 30 mins revision from a textbook compressed down into a 2 minute video saves a hell of a lot of revision, thanks!

[Sockmonkey666]

Holy crap, I actually understood that! The animation was really helpful in making it clear.

[DownWithForever]

Thank you!

[swmrh911]

I actually really enjoyed this. It did a better job explaining than my book as well; it took me a while to understand the word "cappilary" :) thanks though!!

[Baalsaack]

Nice explanation, and nice accent :) You rarely hear Brits on YT.

[Tupolev95Bear]

Thanks for this, this was a much better explanation than I found in my book or heard in class.

[EyesOpenEyesClosed]

@Tupolev95Bear Thanks! That is so awesome to hear :)