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The chorioallantoic membrane, with blood capillaries incorporated into the chorionic epithelium adjoining the inner shell membrane, is the first respiratory system of the avian embryo. The internal structures of the lung and airsacs develop to their final number and topographical positions two or three days before hatching, at which time they are aerated. Although gas exchange is further carried out by the chorioallantois, the lung increases its potential gas exchanging ability by the sprouting of the initial layer of air capillaries around the para-bronchial blood capillaries. Then the embryo hatches.
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Duncker, HR. (1978). Development of the Avian Respiratory and Circulatory Systems. In: Piiper, J. (eds) Respiratory Function in Birds, Adult and Embryonic. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66894-4_36
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