Biology, asked by parusneha, 10 months ago

Why skin cannot act as a respiratory organ in higher organisms Please help important answer

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Answered by riddhithakkar15
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Answer:

Human skin certainly does not serve as a respiratory organ for the general benefit of the body tissues. ... CUTANEOUS OXYGEN UPTAKE is limited by the thickness of the skin's diffusion barrier: the distance between the respiratory medium (air or water) and the blood.

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Answered by ankurbhaskar05
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Answer:

it is not possible for larger organism. why the answer is in explanation

Explanation:

its because in small insects the skin in which breathing pores are that help them to survive are enough because of small size but in larger animals its not sufficient

second the pores in animals are connected to lungs

but in humans its not possible

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