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.
They also found an important change in the type-2 deiodinase paralog in the gills. The gills are important for regulating the salt balance in the fish. In the study, they found that this deiodinase paralog that activates the thyroid hormone in the gills only increases when the fish reaches saltwater.