EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -book lung, form of respiratory organ found in certain air-breathing arachnid arthropods (scorpions and some spiders). Each book lung consists of a series of thin plates that are highly vascular (i.e., richly supplied with blood) and are arranged in relation to each other like the pages of a book.

Detailed explanation-2: -The main respiratory organ of a scorpion is a set of organs called book lungs. Book lungs have an accordion-style structure, consisting of many ‘plates’ stacked closely together. These plates are surrounded by a space that allows for air circulation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Book gills and book lungs are the types of respiratory organs that are present in insects or arthropods. There are some lamellae that are present in these structures. These lamellae are then arranged in the form of a book and so they are called the book lungs or the book gills.

Detailed explanation-4: -Your lungs are on each side of your heart, inside your chest cavity. They are the main organs of the respiratory system. The right lung is divided into three lobes (sections), and the left lung is divided into two lobes.

Detailed explanation-5: -Book lungs get their name from the fact that the stacked plates have the appearance of the closed pages of a book. A photograph of the underside of a spider illustrating the book lungs (white patches) at the top of the abdomen. Photograph by Kaldari.