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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How do marine vertebrates (such as fish, and amphibians) breathe in water?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I know gills, right? But I feel like there's more to it then just that.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

they get the oxygen from the water.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

hydrogen and oxygen, right? Hence \(H _{2}O\) ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yesss, it seems logic

OpenStudy (anonymous):

True, thanks. c:

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@thomaster o-O

thomaster (thomaster):

Quel est le problème?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I need a more in depth explanation and a source behind it.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Pouvez-vous m'aider? Bien sur, vous pouvez, vous pouvez toujours lol.

thomaster (thomaster):

you mean how to gills work? :P

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yeah, something like that lol.

thomaster (thomaster):

It's works similar to lungs. exept there's water instead of air. The gill surface has capillaries. the oxygen in the water diffuses into the blood in the capillaries.

thomaster (thomaster):

source: campbell biology 9th edition page 963 figure 42.23 \(\bf\Huge\color{#872af0}{:P}\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I thought it said caterpillars. Cx

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