Question

Cutaneous respiration refers to:

• A. Respiration through nose
• B. Respiration through skin
• C. Respiration through lungs
• D. Respiration through stomata

Answer 1

The correct option is B Respiration through skin

Respiration through the skin is called cutaneous respiration. Many amphibians rely on breathing through the skin, cutaneous respiration, for some or all of their oxygen intake, and especially for carbon dioxide output. Frog which is an amphibian can respire through cutaneous and pulmonary respiration processes. Terrestrial animals like reptiles, birds and mammals, respire through lungs.