| 单词 | gill membrane |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgill membrane gill membrane n. (a) (in bony fishes) the branchiostegal membrane, which encloses the underside of the gill chamber (cf. gill flap n. (a)); (b) Physiology a membrane forming the functional surface of a gill across which substances diffuse. ΚΠ 1769 J. Berkenhout Outl. Nat. Hist. Great Brit. & Ireland I. 68 Gill-membrane has 7 rays. 1856 tr. J. J. Kaup Catal. Apodal Fish Brit. Mus. 63 A narrow line along the middle of the throat connects a series of the small specks, and the folds of the gill-membrane are traced on each side by similar lines. 1984 J. C. Rankin & L. Bolis in W. S. Hoar & D. J. Randall Fish Physiol. X. b. vi. 196 Fish gill membranes..would make excellent model systes for the study of the relationships between permeability and phospholipid fluidity, were it not for the practical problems involved. 2009 Copeia No. 4. 686/2 Gill membranes united to isthmus. < as lemmas |
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