Describe how a gill is structurally adapted as a respiratory surface

Describe how a gill is structurally adapted as a respiratory surface

• Highly folded into filaments to increases surface area gaseous exchange
• It is covered with a thin highly permeable membrane to reduce the diffusion distance.
• It has a rich blood to increases the efficiency to gaseous exchange.
• It’s wet in order to increase chance of picking up gases readily dissolve in the moisture.
• Numerous filaments increase the surface area

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