Overview
Describe the different types of respiratory systems. List the characteristics of a respiratory surface. Draw and label some of the respiratory organs of some animals. Explain the various mechanisms of respiration in some animals, e.g. mammals. Describe the mechanism of exchange of gases through the stomata of plants.
What you'll learn
- Type of respiratory systems:
- (i) Body surface respiration
- (ii) Coetaneous respiration
- (iii) Gills
- (iv) Tracheal system
- (v) Lungs
- Mechanisms of the respiratory system in:
- (i) Higher animals.
- (ii) Lower animals.
- (iii) Plants.
- Mechanisms of gaseous exchange through the stomata of plants.