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Ch. 42 - Gas Exchange and Circulation

Chapter 41, Problem 6

Frog lungs have a smaller surface area for gas exchange than mammalian lungs. How do frogs compensate for this difference? a. Frog tissue absorbs more oxygen from the blood than mammalian tissue does. b. Frogs breathe more quickly than mammals. c. Frogs also obtain oxygen via diffusion across the skin. d. Frog lung tissue has a greater density of capillary beds than mammalian lung tissue.

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Hello everyone here We have a question asking which one is not a method of gas exchange? And adult frogs. And the key word here is adult, So gas shifts exchange through the gills. Adult frogs do not have gills. So our answer is a gaseous exchange through the lungs is you go is pulmonary respiration. Which adult frogs do? So B. Is incorrect. See cash is exchanged through the oral cavity. That is you go fair and gill respiration. Which adult frogs do, so C. Is incorrect and D. Gashes exchange through the skin. This is called cutaneous respiration. Which adult frogs do so. D. Is incorrect. So our answer as to which one they do not do is gaseous exchange through the gills because they no longer have gills. Thank you for watching. Bye.