pneumatic

Examples of pneumatic in the following topics:

• Characteristics of Birds

  • Several modifications are found in birds to reduce body weight, including pneumatization of bones.
  • Pneumatic bones are hollow rather than filled with tissue .
  • Pneumatic bones are not found in all birds; they are more extensive in large birds than in small birds.
  • Not all bones of the skeleton are pneumatic, although the skulls of almost all birds are.
  • The air sacs that extend into bones, making them pneumatic, also join with the lungs and function in respiration.