Sentences with phrase «gill slits»

The water is expelled through the shark's five pairs of gill slits.

What the anti-choicers don't tell you is that those embryos are tiny, bean - sized growths that have gill slits left over from our fish ancestors and tails left over from our primitive mammalian ancestors.

Human fetuses, for example, show temporary gill slits and tails during development.

These eels typically have small gills and often just a single gill slit at the throat.

It has a wide, flat head, a rounded snout, small eyes, and five very large gill slits, two dorsal fins on its back and two pectoral fins on its sides.

It has an extended gill slit that allows the large amounts of water it filters to easily escape.

All sharks originally possessed seven pairs of gill slits.

It is recognizable because of its seven gill slits, while most shark species have five gill slits, with the exception of the members of the order Hexanchiformes.

Each has a dorsal nerve chord, a notochord, gill slits, and a tail of sorts, at least during part of their life cycle.

Therefore, it needs to force the entry of water through it's mouth so that it can pass through the gills and out of the gill slits, supplying him with oxygen, meaning that he must swim constantly!

Green features of The Q include rooftop solar panels that power common areas, low - E glazing, and operable windows that allow for light and air to enter the building through «gill slits,» or angled fins, on the building's north facade.

It is this gill slit that has engineers interested, including those at Strait Power.