Question
Write an account on modes of respiration in animals with examples.
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Answer
Different modes of respiration in animals are given in the table below:
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Respiratory Organ
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Mode of Respiration
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Examples
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Body surface
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Body surface respiration
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Sponges and coelenterate
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Gills
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Branchial respiration
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Fishes
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Book gills
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Book gill respiration
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Limulus (king crab)
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Skin
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Cutaneous respiration
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Annelids and amphibians
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Trachea
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Tracheal respiration
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Insects
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Lungs
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Pulmonary respiration
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Most of the tetrapods
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Book lungs
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Book lungs respiration
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Arachnids (spiders and scorpion)
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