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Lung At Biology Glossary

What is it? The organ that enables an animal to breathe air. In mammals the paired lungs are each supplied by a bronchus that divides, treelike, into bronchioles. Each bronchiole ends in an atrium from which arise numerous alveoli that contact a vast capillary system.

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