Respiration in frog and how fish breathe Flashcards
The skin of the frog is supplied with _________
blood capillaries
The skin contains glands called the _________, which secrete mucous.
cutaneous glands
mouth
Buccal Respiration
skin
Cutaneous Respiration
lungs
Pulmonary Respiration
Air moves from the throat to the lungs through a slit-like passage called the ________.
glottis
How fish breathe
Water enters the mouth by a very effective pumping system that involves the mouth and the outer flexible bony flap that cover the gills called the Operculum.
After water enters the fish’s mouth it passes through a structure called the ___________
gill rakers
The function of the gill rakers
Act as a filter system by sieving out particles such as food or any other foreign particles that may have entered the mouth from the inflow of water.
Here each gill consists of two rows of extremely thin membranes called __________
gill filaments
The structure of the gill filaments consist of sequence rows of a thin, disc-like membrane loaded with a capillary network called ________.
lamellae