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accessory breathing

noun

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  1. A manner of breathing in an organism that supplements or temporarily replaces the…

    A manner of breathing in an organism that supplements or temporarily replaces the principal manner of breathing.

    • accessory breathing muscles, accessory breathing organ
    • Figure 15 summarizes his work on the factors controlling breathing in the yarrow, Erythrinus, a teleost which uses its air bladder for accessory breathing.
    • Considering the degree of muscular tension that accessory breathing entails, the net payoff in oxygenation makes it a poor energetic investment.

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