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Humans cannot breathe through their skin because they are large organisms. Smaller organisms, such as frogs or flatworms, are able to absorb oxygen through their skin because the oxygen doesn't have to travel fr from the surface of the skin. It also has to do with the fact that human skin isn't as moist as the skin of frogs, etc., and moist skin is required for transdermal breathing.
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Do adult amphibians still use their skin for gas exchange?
through gills
What gas exchange is a process that animals with thin skin use to allow gasses to flow right through their skin?
cutaneous
What is the white wolf's gas exchange?
Well, wolves ( all mammals ) use their lungs. Just like humans. Where as fish use gills!
What two body organ systems are involved in gas exchange?
Amphibians use their lungs, and use their thin skin when its moist.
What two structures do frogs use for gas exchange?
Frogs uses respiratory surfaces which totals to three to exchange gases on its surroundings. The three respiratory surfaces are the skin, its lungs, and the lining of their mouth.
Which organs do humans use for breathing?
By gas you mean gases, like O2 and CO2, it's the lungs.
How do dolphins exchange gas?
They use their blowhole
What are the toads methods of breathing?
Toads breathe through their skin with whats called cutaneous gas exchange. They also have lungs for when they're out and about, but when in hibernation or submerged in water, they just use their skin.
Why are frog's lungs smaller than humans?
because the frogs skin is served as a supplementary organ of gas exchange frogs use their tiny little lungs to breath when they are on land. so if they had huge lungs then they would just be in the way because the whole part of the lung was not in need! :D
Other than gills and lungs what can a amphibian use for gas exchange?
Some lower-order animals can also exchange gases through their skin. Frogs, for instance, when they bury themselves in the mud over the winter.
What is a skin breather?
Some animals have to use their entire outer skin layer as a gas exchange organ such as an earth worm. Oxygen diffuses into a dense net of capillaries lying beneath the skin. Earthworms and other "skin breathers" must live in damp places or in water because their whole body surface has to stay moist. Animals that breathe only through their skin and lack specialized gas exchange organs are generally small, and many times are long and thin or flattened. Small size or flatness provides a high ratio of respiratory surface to body volume, allowing for sufficient gas exchange for the entire body.
What structure do lobster use for gas exchange?
gills
