0
A gill is a respiratory organ found in many aquatic organisms that extracts dissolved oxygen from water and excretes carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are kept moist. The microscopic structure of a gill presents a large surface area to the external environment. Branchia (pl. branchiae) is the zoologists' name for gills (from Ancient Greek βράγχια).
With the exception of some aquatic insects, the filaments and lamellae (folds) contain blood or coelomic fluid, from which gases are exchanged through the thin walls. The blood carries oxygen to other parts of the body. Carbon dioxide passes from the blood through the thin gill tissue into the water. Gills or gill-like organs, located in different parts of the body, are found in various groups of aquatic animals, including mollusks, crustaceans, insects, fish, and amphibians. Semiterrestrial marine animals such as crabs and mudskippers have gill chambers in which they store water, enabling them to use the dissolved oxygen when they are on land.
EIi Magness
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Lobsters use for respiration?
spiracles and tracheae
What name is given to a state of confusion or disorder?
Delirium is the medical name given for the state of confusion or disorder.
Do snails breathe through gills?
It depends on the kind. Some snails have gills while others have a single lung.
Could humans evolve gills?
no, we humans do not have gills because they have lungs unless they use the oxygen thing to go underwater
What is the given name for genetic changes in living things over time?
Changes that occur slowly over time are given the name evolution.
What is johnathen gills middle name?
jb gills real name is johnathan Benjamin gill
What is the name of the organ that Fish breath with?
The gills.
What is the name for fish's breathing organs?
gills
Do beluga whales have lungs or gills?
All whales have lungs. No whale has gills. The whale Shark has gills, but that name comes from it being a Shark - a fish - the size of a whale.
What name has Jonathan Benjamin gills brother?
Neequaye Gill
What is Jonathan Benjamin gills girlfriends name?
Chloe Tangney.
What is jb gills's full name?
Jonathan Benjamin Gill.
What is the girls name in johnny gills my my my video?
Halle Berry
Do daddy long legs have gills?
None of the species know by the common name "daddy long legs" have gills, nor do they live in water and have need of them.
How does the archer fish breathe?
An archer fish breathes using gills. They get their name because they can use their gills to help them "spit" to shoot down their prey.
What's the name of JB from JLS's brother?
Jonathan Benjamin gills
Do gills have their own gills?
no, because then those gills gills would need gills and they would need gills and so on, so on. They have specialised cells instead.
