Respiratory System of The Hard Clam
For bivalies that is the family group of the Hard Clam respiratory demands are low because Hard Clams are bathed in water.
1.The process starts when Oxygen enters the hemolymph. The hemolymph is in the gills that is why the picture on the left shows some lines or dots because it represents the hemolymph.
2. After the gills have the oxygen it then goes to the mantle or the websites I went said the mantle cavity. They also described the mantle as a wall connected to the capillaries.
3. As we know after the capillaries it goes into the circulatory system.
The only organs used for the Hard Clam respiratory system is the gills and the mantle. The Hard Clam is not that complex like other shells. Like other living organism they undergo cellular respiration. In cellular respiration the organim taks in Oxygen and Sugar (food) and then they aquire Carbon Dyoxide and ATP. The formula of this process is
O2 + C6H12O6 -------> CO2 + ATP. ATP is used in mitochondrias of any organism and it helps carry out the functions of the organism.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/67293/bivalve/35750/The-respiratory-system
http://www.assateague.com/nt-bival.html
http://answers.encyclopedia.com/question/do-bivalves-use-their-gills-81828.html
1.The process starts when Oxygen enters the hemolymph. The hemolymph is in the gills that is why the picture on the left shows some lines or dots because it represents the hemolymph.
2. After the gills have the oxygen it then goes to the mantle or the websites I went said the mantle cavity. They also described the mantle as a wall connected to the capillaries.
3. As we know after the capillaries it goes into the circulatory system.
The only organs used for the Hard Clam respiratory system is the gills and the mantle. The Hard Clam is not that complex like other shells. Like other living organism they undergo cellular respiration. In cellular respiration the organim taks in Oxygen and Sugar (food) and then they aquire Carbon Dyoxide and ATP. The formula of this process is
O2 + C6H12O6 -------> CO2 + ATP. ATP is used in mitochondrias of any organism and it helps carry out the functions of the organism.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/67293/bivalve/35750/The-respiratory-system
http://www.assateague.com/nt-bival.html
http://answers.encyclopedia.com/question/do-bivalves-use-their-gills-81828.html
Circulatory System of The Hard Clam.
The Blue color in the picture represents the oxygenated blood in the veins. The red color in the picture represents the arteries that carry the blood away from the heart. The Hard Clam has only one ventricle. These organs are vital for the Hard Clam to carry out cellular respiration.
http://w3.shorecrest.org/~Lisa_Peck/MarineBio/syllabus/ch7invertebrates/Invertwp/2007/josh/Circ.html
http://imisssn.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-post.html
http://w3.shorecrest.org/~Lisa_Peck/MarineBio/syllabus/ch7invertebrates/Invertwp/2007/josh/Circ.html
http://imisssn.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-post.html