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MOLLUSC A RESPIRATORY ORGANS 



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FIG. 90. Portions of transverse sections of the branchial lamellae of Anodonta (after Peck). 

 A, Outer ; B, inner lamella. In each leaf the cross sections of both lamellae are seen, and also the 

 interfoliar as well as the interfilamentar junctions. C, A part of B much magnified, ol, Outer ; if, 

 inner lamella of the same leaf; r, blood-vessels;/, the separate filaments of which the lamellae 

 consist ; lac, lacunar tissue ; ch, supporting tissue of the filaments, with firmer supporting 

 rods, cltr. 



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trf 



FIG. 91. Portion of the ascending lamella of the outer branchial leaf of Anodonta. 

 diagrammatic (after Peck). /, The separate filaments, connected by internlamentar junctions ; 

 trf, connective tissue of the latter ; r, bloodvessels ; ilj, interlamellar junctions ; the perforations 

 in the lamella (of a darker shade) are the spaces remaining between the filaments and their 

 junctions, through which the water needed for respiration can flow. 



