Adaptations of the fish gill to gaseous exchange
- Gills are red- rich blood supply
- many tiny gill filaments increase surface area for gaseous exchange
- Gill lamellae are flat to help increase their surface area for oxygen exchange
- Water enters the mouth and comes out through operculum
- Water passes over the gills
- The epithelium covering gills is only one cell thick reducing diffusion gradient.
- Gill filaments are protected from damage by an operculum
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