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respiratory organ

DEFINITIONS OF: respiratory organ

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n any organ involved in the process of respiration

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branchia, gill
respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water
lung
either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
book lung
organ in many arachnids containing many thin folds of membrane resembling the leaves of a book
ctenidium
comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks
ceras
one of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills
external gill
occurs in some mollusks and in tadpoles and other immature amphibians
Type of:
internal organ, viscus
a main organ that is situated inside the body
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