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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Structural Organisation in Animals

Question:

In water, the aquatic respiratory organ(s) of frog is/are :

Options:

Skin (cutaneous respiration).

Skin, lungs (pulmonary respiration) and buccal cavity.

Lungs and buccal cavity .

Skin and buccal cavity.

Correct Answer:

Skin (cutaneous respiration).

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) - Skin (cutaneous respiration).

Frogs respire on land and in the water by two different methods. In water, skin acts as aquatic respiratory organ (cutaneous respiration). Dissolved oxygen in the water is exchanged through the skin by diffusion.

On land, the buccal cavity, skin and lungs act as the respiratory organs. The respiration by lungs is called pulmonary respiration. The lungs are a pair of elongated, pink coloured sac-like structures present in the upper part of the trunk region (thorax).

Air enters through the nostrils into the buccal cavity and then to lungs. During aestivation and hibernation gaseous exchange takes place through skin.