swim bladders and lungs
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Swim Bladders and the
Origin of LungsSeth Andrew J. Salih
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Every osteichthyan from fish to humans developsan unpaired evagination from the foregut that
becomes pneumatic sacs The pneumatic sacs become either swim bladders or
lungs
These sacs fill with gases derived directly orindirectly from the environment
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Pneumatic sacs do not imply a function Swim bladders and lungs suggest functions for
buoyancy and respiration
Air sacs of fishes called swim bladder and affectbuoyancy
Air sacs of tetrapods referred to as lungs
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Withoutpneumatic(air) sacs
Latimeria
A clade oftailed
amphibians
Bottom
dwellers
Marine
Teleosts
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Swim Bladders
After the budlike anlage (foundation) for a swimbladder evaginates, the resulting duct may retain
the connection to the foregut or may close duringlater development
Fishes with ducts that remain open arephysostomous
Examples are: Chondrosteans,basal neopterygians, the3 living dipnoans and some teleosts
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Fishes with ducts that close arephysoclistous Most teleosts arephysoclistous.
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Physoclistous Physostomous
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Swim bladders lie close to kidneys and areretroperitoneal in position
As the embryonic anlagen grow longer, they pushtheir way caudad in the roof of the coelom betweenthe embryonic parietal peritoneum and body wall
However, adult swim bladders may bulge into theroof of the coelom
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Swim bladders serve as hydrostatic organs,respiratory organs, organs participating in sounddetection, and organs of communication
Their capacity for gases can be increased/decreaseddue to the elastic and smooth muscles in the bladderwalls
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In teleosts, they function mainly as hydrostaticorgans that maintain an appropriate depth or hoverover a specific location
To do this, a fish must attain a body density equal tothat of the displaced water at that depth
This is done by controlling the volume of gas in thebladder. A difference in density will affect thebuoyancy, causing the fish to rise/sink
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However, a fish must use its fins to compensate forthe disturbances in the water
Some fishes make daily changes in depth and bodydensity as a correlate of the tome of day
The gas in the bladder comes from the blood and isactively transported to the lumen of the bladderfrom the red gland, a localized rete (network) ofsmall arteries in the bladder lining
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The gas is eventually resorbed into the bloodstreamof the bladder near its caudal end in a pocketlikearea of modified epithelium
The pocket can be closed off from the main cavity bya sphincter during passage of gas into the lumen ofthe bladder and relaxed when resorption of gas is
taking place
In physostomes, the gas may be bubbled to theexterior through the mouth
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The gases in the bladder differ among fishes Some contain 99% nitrogen Some, up to 87% oxygen All contain traces of carbon dioxide and argon
In deepwater fish, nitrogen may be transportedfrom the blood into the lumen of the bladder
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In physostomous fishes, swim bladders function aslungs to one degree
Air is gulped at the surface of the water and anoropharyngeal pump forces it into the swim bladder
Air depleted of oxygen is expelled by the vacuumcreated by lowering the floor of the oropharyngealcavity
Expulsion is facilitated by the elasticity of thebladder wall, its smooth muscle musculature andthe pressure of the surrounding water
Air is then bubbled through the mouth into thewater
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2 of 3 genera of lungfishes, Propterus and Lepidosiren,require continual gulping of air for survival becausetheir gills are incapable of producing sufficient O
2
They drown if held underwater for a certain lengthof time
Their swim bladders act as lungs during tropicalsummers, when swamps dry up, and allow them tosurvive
Additionally, these fish also absorb O2 from the skin
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The swim bladder of the other dipnoan(Neoceratodus), 2 genera of ray-finnedAfrican
freshwaterfishes, Polypterus, Calamoichthys, and relictbasal neopterygians (Amia andgars) function as alung only when the O2 content of water is so lowthat gills cannot produce the respiratory quota ofthe organism
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Polypterusand
Calamoichthys
Truelungfishes
Smooth liningSupplied by arteries
from the 6th embryonic
aortic arch (along withAmia)
Lined with low septaand exhibit thousandsof air sacs
Supplied by arteriesfrom the 6th embryonicaortic arch (along with
Amia)
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Like tetrapods, the venous return in dipnoans isdirectly to the left atrium of the heart
Some teleosts use their swim bladders for sounddetection In Cypriniformes, small bones, weberian ossicles,
connect the anterior end of the bladder with the
sinus impar, an extension of the perilymphatic spaceof the inner ear.
In Clupeiformes, a thin-walled anterior extension ofthe bladder makes direct contact with the inner ear.
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Bottom feeders have degenerate swim bladders Eliminating this hydrostatic organ optimized their
body density, enabling them to hover close to foodwith little energy expenditure
An analogous condition is in salamanders who livein swift mountain streams and whose lungs are onlya few mm or absent
Optimal body density and the saving of energy arethe benefits
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However, no member of the plethodont family haslungs. These urodeles breath through their skin
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Origin of Lungs
The similarities between swim bladders and lungssuggest that they may be the same organs
During the Devonian, the swamps were warm adstagnant, causing them to be low in O2. Thiscondition may have caused the development ofaerial respiration among organisms
At the time, most rhipidistians had pneumatic sacs
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A pneumatic sac was functioning in aerialrespiration before craniates ventured onto land
The closure of the pneumatic duct in physoclistousfishes is probably derived from a more primitiveopen-duct condition