How do fish's gills function under water?
The main function of mitochondria is production of energy, in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Gills find pockets of air in water, no matter how small they might be, and absorb them into the organisms bloodstream. Thanks for using ChaCha!
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How does a fish breathe through its gills?
Fish push water through their mouths and across their gills, ...
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Do babies have gills while in the womb?
There is a stage in the early human embryo development whereb...
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What In fishes with gills oxygen-rich water enters through the?
Fish exchange gases by pulling oxygen-rich water through thei...
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What jobs are performed by the gills of bony saltwater fish?
Fish gills extract oxygen from the water so they can "breathe...
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An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or inverteb...
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Why do fish blow their gills out wide?
A gill is a respiratory organ found in many aquatic organisms...
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How does a fish breathe through its gills?
Fish push water through their mouths and across their gills, ...
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Why are highly branched gills in crayfish more efficient than gills that are not branched?
If the gills are more highly branched, more surface area is f...
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What is the function of the gills?
Gills in fish are designed to diffuse oxygen in the water and...
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What is the function of gills on starfish?
Starfish do not have gills.
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What In fishes with gills oxygen-rich water enters through the?
Fish exchange gases by pulling oxygen-rich water through thei...
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Does a fetus have gills at any time?
No, the human fetus never develops gills or a tail! ChaCha!
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Gills, in gill clefts within the gill chambers, consist of fl...
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How many gills does a perch have on each side?
A perch has 2 gills, one on either side of its body. ChaCha f...
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What is the function of the gills?
Gills in fish are designed to diffuse oxygen in the water and...
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How are sharks gills different then fish gills?
It works like the fish but it minimize the flow of the water....
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What do fish use there gills for?
Fish gills are used so the fish can breathe. Fish breathe by ...
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How do fishes with gills exchange gases?
Gills, as well as lungs, have a bed of very small blood vesse...
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Gills have a bed of very small blood vessels with thin walls ...
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What structures are the gills of a crayfish attached?
The gills are attached around the head and mandibles so the c...
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Bluegills will eat insects, worms, small minnows and crayfish...
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How many pairs of gills does a squid have?
Squids belong to the group of mollusks called cephalopods. A ...
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Whales do not have gills, they have lungs. All whales take ai...
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What is the function of the gills?
Gills in fish are designed to diffuse oxygen in the water and...
About Gills
Gills are what fish use to breath underwater. They pull dissolved oxygen out of the water the same way we pull oxygen out of the air.
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