Question

Explain type of the respiratory organs in animals?

Answer 1

Amphibians, mammals, and birds exchange gases through specialrespiratory organs called lungs. Lungs are air-filled sac-like structures in the chest cavity.

Answer 2

RESPIRATORY ORGANS OF ANIMALS

Phylum

Respiratory organ

Porifera

Body surface

Cnidaria

Body surface

Ctenophora

Body surface

Platyhelminthes

Body surface

Nemathelminthes

Body surface

Annelida

Skin (integument)

Arthropoda

Aquatic insects (mayflies, nymphs etc)

Tracheal gills

Damselfly nymphs

Caudal gills

Limulus

Gill books

Scorpion, some spiders, Scutigera and chilopods

Book lungs (Diffusion lungs)

Insects, some spiders

Trachea

Some crabs (e.g. coconut crabs)

Branchiostegal lung (gill-like lung)

Mollusca

Skin (Cutaneous)

Aquatic forms

Ctenidia (gills)

Terrestrial forms

Pulmonary sacs (lungs)

Echinodermata

Dermal branchiae (skin gills)

Holothurians

Water lungs

Hemichordata

Gills

Chordata

Lungfishes

Ventilation lungs

Fishes

Internal gills, lungs (for lung fishes)

Some teleost fishes

Swim bladder (air bladder)

Fishes such as Misgurnus, Ancistrus and Plecostomus

Alimentary mucosa

Labyrinth fish

Labyrinth organ – A secondary breathing organ

Amphibians

Skin, lungs, external gills (for tadpoles)

Reptiles

Ventilation Lungs

Birds

Ventilation Lungs

Mammals

Ventilation Lungs




Respiratory organs of invertebrates. Two common respiratory organs of invertebrates are trachea and gills. Diffusion lungs, as contrasted with ventilation lungs of vertebrates, are confined to small animals, such as pulmonate snails and scorpions.