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Q: What is the function of incurrent and excurrent siphon?
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Name the clams Siphons?

the inhalent and the exhalent siphons


What are the two gasses exchanged by the gills in a clam?

oxygen is absorbed into the clam through the incurrent siphon, and carbon dioxide is exported out of the clam through the excurrent siphon


Where are the incurrent excurrent siphons located and what is their function?

They are located on the posterior side. The incurrent takes water in, the excurrent puts it out. do u know mrs sheetz??? this is an x-act question from her lab


Where is the incurrent and excurrent siphons located and what is their function?

They are located on the posterior side. The incurrent takes water in, the excurrent puts it out. do u know mrs sheetz??? this is an x-act question from her lab


What are the clam's siphons names?

The clam has two siphons. The excurrent siphon (which expels water and waste out of the clam) and the incurrent siphon (which brings oxygen and food and water into the clam).


Where the incurrent and excurrent siphons located and what is their functions?

They are located on the posterior side. The incurrent takes water in, the excurrent puts it out. do u know mrs sheetz??? this is an x-act question from her lab


In bivalves water is brought into the mantle cavity and to the gills through the water that has filtered through the gills and waste material excreted to the mantle cavity are then flushed out through?

The water comes through the incurrent siphon and gets flushed out the excurrent siphon


How many siphons do clams have?

The clam has two siphons excurrent and incurrent


Animals that has incurrent and excurrent pores for water to pass through?

Species in the phylum Poriferaie.SPONGES!!


What does a Siphon do for clams?

A siphon brings in water, and filters out the food for it.


Which of the apertures in a clam has an in current flow?

The Ventral aperture has an incurrent flow, the Dorsal aperture has an excurrent flow.


Why is a clam called a filter feeder?

A clam is called a filter feeder because it sucks in water and food (plankton and other microscopic creatures) through its incurrent siphon. Then, it filters the water with its gills and the waste water is excreted through the excurrent siphon. Then, the labial palps push the food into the clams mouth and the clam starts eating.