What term describes the process of gas exchange occurring through the skin?

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23 May 2018
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Gas exchange that takes place directly through the skin is referred to as cutaneous respiration. This differs from pulmonary respiration, which involves the lungs, and cuticular respiration, which is related to the cuticle layer in some invertebrates.

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