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physical structure that causes gas exchange across the walls of capillaries between the bloodstream and the water. Other parts include the gill cover, gill filaments, gill raker.
Ãâó: guppyplace.tripod.com/Glossary.html
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| gill slit |
A slitlike or porelike opening connecting the pharynx of a chordate with the outside of the body. Gill slits may contain the gills and be used for gas exchange, as in most fish, but may also be used for filter-feeding, or may be highly modified in land-dwelling vertebrates.
Ãâó: paleo.cortland.edu/tutorial/Glossary/glossary.htm
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| gill |
In aquatic animals, highly vascularized tissues with large surface area; these are extended out of the body and into the surrounding water for gas exchange.
Ãâó: paleo.cortland.edu/tutorial/Glossary/glossary.htm
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| gill |
The organ that many sea creatures use for breathing.
Ãâó: www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/canwaters-eauxcan/bbb-lgb/librar...
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| gill |
This is the respiratory organs used by fish. It allows dissolved oxygen to be extracted from the water in which the fish swim.
Ãâó: www.aqualink.com/basic/zglossa.html
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