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Functional Organization of the Teleost Gill
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Functional Organization of the Teleost Gill

Abstract

The circulation of the gills has been studied in the perch, trout and eel combining the conventional histological methods and casting techniques. The existence of two blood pathways in each gill arch was confirmed. 1 — An arterio‐arterial pathway assuming the respiratory function. It includes the afferent branchial artery and in each primary lamella the afferent primary artery, the secondary lamellae capillaries and the primary and branchial efferent arteries. 2 — An arterio‐venous pathway arising from both the branchial artery, in the gill arch, and the primary arteries in each primary lamella. This pathway includes the central venous sinus of the primary lamella, several small veins and is finally connected with the branchial veins. 3 — The lack of connections between afferent primary arteries and cvs in the trout and the perch makes impossible a direct blood flow from the afferent to the efferent artery (shunt). In the eel connections between cvs and both afferent and efferent arteries do not mean that a shunt is operating according to the pressure gradient.

Authors

Laurent P; Dunel S; Barthe J

Journal

Acta Zoologica, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 189–209

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

January 1, 1976

DOI

10.1111/j.1463-6395.1976.tb00227.x

ISSN

0001-7272

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