In myths, rosemary has a reputation for improving memory and has been used as a symbol for remembrance during war commemorations and funerals in Europe and Australia.Mourners would throw it into graves as a symbol of remembrance for the dead.n myths, rosemary has a reputation for improving memory and has been used as a symbol for remembrance during war commemorations and funerals in Europe and Australia.
Up close: Gills. The clam gills play an interesting role in the clam's survival. The gills have two functions in two separate systems of the clam. For the digestive system, the gills aide in digestion through separating silt from the nutrition and aids in the respiratory system through providing oxygen to the clam.
Branchiae, also known as gills, are small portions of highly-vascularized tissues inside or outside the body which are in direct contact with the surrounding water. Gills are the organs that carry out gas exchange in aquatic annelids, crustaceans, fish and amphibian larvae (e.g., tadpoles).