one of several curved bony or cartilaginous structures located on either side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and amphibians. Each gill arch is made up of an upper and a lower limb that are joined posteriorly. The gill filaments and gill rakers are attached to the gill arches
Bony or cartilaginous arches located one behind the other, on each side of the pharynx, and that support the gills of fish and amphibians.
The bony structure supporting the gill filaments and the gill arches.
A skeletal structure that supports gill filaments and the blood vessels that supply them.
one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians
a part of the skeleton that is holding up or supporting the gills
The larger structure inside the gill cavity. Hard, bone-like structure inside the gill cavity. Hard, bone-like, and semicircular, with finger-like projections (rakers).
structure behind the gill covers that support the gill filaments and gill rakers in a fish