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How is a birds respiratory system adapted to its high metabolic rate?
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The respiratory system of birds is extremely efficient at taking in oxygen and eliminating carbon dioxide. This fact should not surprise you, as the high metabolic rate of birds demands an efficient gas exchange system.
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Do ducks have a respiratory system?
Yes, all amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds have a nearly identical respiratory system. Ducks are birds.
What is the gateway to the lower respiratory system?
birds
Which organ systems are shared by both fish and birds?
a organ systems are shared by both fish and birds because they have the same respiratory system, nervous system and reproductive system.
How is a birds bones tied with the respiratory system?
A birds bones has tiny air sacks throughout them. All of the sacks are connected to the lungs.
How is a bird's respiratory system designed to help it breathe in flight.?
by breathing with his stomach
Do birds breath oxygen?
Birds breath air, just as we humans do, their respiratory system extracts the oxygen which they need to live, again just as we do.
What type of birds have respiratory systems?
All birds have a respiratory system! It is a basic remit of all living things that they respire in some way. Birds in keeping with many higher life forms have a system consisting of lungs, blood, a network of vessels (veins and arteries) and a pump (heart) to transport oxygen around the body.
Which organisms does the H1N1 affect?
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How does a kiwi get oxygen?
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Does bird has lungs?
Yes - Birds have Lungs - Due to their high metabolic rate required for flight, birds have a high oxygen demand. Development of an efficient respiratory system enabled the evolution of flight in birds. Birds ventilate their lungs by means of air sacs, structures unique to birds (and hence, perhaps dinosaurs, too). These sacs do not play a direct role in gas exchange, but to store air and act like bellows, allowing the lungs to maintain a fixed volume with fresh air constantly flowing through them.[1]
What is the special breathing system that birds have?
The respiratory system of birds differs significantly from that found in mammals, containing unique anatomical features such as air sacs. The lungs of birds also do not have the capacity to inflate as birds lack a diaphragm and a pleural cavity. Gas exchange in birds occurs between air capillaries and blood capillaries, rather than in alveoli.
What do you think the legs of birds are adapted for?
swimming
