2003 AIPMT Breathing and Exchange of GasesRespiratory organs in animals Medium Question 3 of 3 in Respiratory organs in animals

Given below are four matchings of an animal and its kind of respiratory organ :
A. Silver fish – trachea
B. Scorpion – book lung
C. Sea squirt – pharyngeal gills
D. Dolphin – skin
The correct matchings are : -

A A and D
B A, B and C
C B and D
D C and D

The answer is B.

Solution

A. Silverfish (Lepisma) is an insect; insects breathe through a network of tracheae. Correct.
B. Scorpion (an arachnid) breathes through book lungs. Correct.
C. Sea squirt (Herdmania, a urochordate) uses its pharyngeal gill slits for respiration and filter feeding. Correct.
D. Dolphin is an aquatic mammal; it breathes air through lungs (coming to the surface through its blowhole), not through the skin. Incorrect.
So the correct matchings are A, B and C.

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