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Countercurrent exchange in the fish gill helps to maximize what?
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diffusion.
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How countercurrent flow aids a fish in obtaining oxygen?
Many fish use countercurrent exchange in their gills to transfer oxygen from the surrounding water into their blood. This system moves water flowing across the gills, in an opposite direction to the blood flowing in gill capillaries creating the maximum efficiency of gas exchange. This flow ensures that blood is always brought near to water having a higher oxygen concentration.
What helps fish regulate how shallow or how deep it swims?
water pressure that the fish can endure
How do fish breathe underwater?
Fish have gills, that's what helps them breath underwater.
What eats fish heads?
Fish are obiously part of a food chain, fish get eaten by other creatures such as sharks. Hope this helps. TJH
What does the bottom fin on fish do?
The bottom fin on a fish acts like a keel on a boat. It helps keep the fish right side up in the water.
Countercurrent exchange in the fish gill helps to maximize which of the following?
Diffusion
How countercurrent flow aids a fish in obtaining oxygen?
Many fish use countercurrent exchange in their gills to transfer oxygen from the surrounding water into their blood. This system moves water flowing across the gills, in an opposite direction to the blood flowing in gill capillaries creating the maximum efficiency of gas exchange. This flow ensures that blood is always brought near to water having a higher oxygen concentration.
An example of a countercurrent is what?
fish gills. Blood in the feet of penguins Loop of Henle
Thermoregulation organ?
An organ in some animals that allows for the regulation of body temperature, such as a countercurrent heat exchanger in some fish.
How does a fish maximize the amount of oxygen it get from water?
it is inactive and cold blooded
How do sharks get blood to the gills?
Most fish exchange gases using gills on either side of the pharynx (throat). Gills are tissues which consist of cloth and fabric structures called filaments. These filaments have many functions including the transfer of ions and water, as well as the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, acids and ammonia.[1][2]Each filament contains a capillary network that provides a large surface area for exchanging oxygen andcarbon dioxide. Fish exchange gases by pulling oxygen-rich water through their mouths and pumping it over their gills. In some fish, capillary blood flows in the opposite direction to the water, causing countercurrent exchange. The gills push the oxygen-poor water out through openings in the sides of the pharynx. Some fish, like sharks and lampreys, possess multiple gill openings. However, bony fish have a single gill opening on each side. This opening is hidden beneath a protective bony cover called an operculum.
What part of a fish is where gas exchange occurs?
The Gills
How does gas exchange occur in clown fish?
in their gills.
What organs in a fish specialize in oxygen exchange?
Gills
Where can you buy anti poison on runescape?
Antipoisons can be purchased at Jiminua's Jungle Store on Karamja. Or from the Grand exchange which is easier
How is a fish specialy adapted to exchange gases by diffusion?
XD
When fish breath there gills exchange oxygen and what?
Carbon Dioxide
