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How do reptiles do gas exchange?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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Basically the same way that we humans do they have lungs also and still breath in and out like us also.

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What is the organ for gas exchange in reptilia?

We know that reptiles have lungs, just like many other animals do.


Are reptiles considered to be biological indicators?

Not nearly as much dependence on reptiles as amphibians. Reptiles can endure many more environmental assaults than the amphibian that preforms a significant amount of it's gas exchange through it's skin.


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As young amphibians have external gills. As adults their skins are permeable to gas exchange. Reptiles breath only with their lungs.


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Is gas exchange a function of the digestive system?

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Is a chicken egg amniotic?

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What is the elastic unit of the respiratory system where gas exchange occurs?

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What effect does emphysema have on the total area available for gas exchange?

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