Respiratory System in Amphibi
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Organs
• Lungs :
• Skin: Oxygen can pass through the membranous skin,
thereby entering directly into the blood. When a frog
submerges beneath the water, all its respiration takes
place through the skin.
• Gills
FROG
• The frog is covered by a soft, thin, moist skin composed of
two layers, an outer epidermis and an inner dermis. The
skin does not merely protect the frog but helps in
respiration
• The adult frog uses their lungs for their respiration
• During the developmental stages –the tadpole and larva of
frogs respire through the gills as they live in an aquatic
environment at that time.
Types of respiration respiratory system of frog
• Cutaneous respiration: gaseous exchange between the skin
of the frog and the external environment –water and air.
• Buccal respiration: When the frog floats on the surface of
water or while resting on land they respire through the
buccal cavity
• Pulmonary respiration: comprises of the nasal cavity,
buccal cavity, larynx, trachea, a pair of lungs and the alveoli
inside them