In a body of fish, water flows along the gill filament in a direction opposite that of the blood.Explain the importance of this.

      

In a body of fish, water flows along the gill filament in a direction opposite that of the blood.Explain the importance of this.

  

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sharon
This ensure that blood gets progressively oxygenated as it meets water that is progressively richer in oxygen ; This
allows continuous diffusion of oxygen to blood from the water ;
sharon kalunda answered the question on May 29, 2019 at 07:09


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