Lungs

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    • Lung
      Organ made up of the bronchioles, alveoli and the tissue surrounding them
    • Ribs
      • Surrounded the lungs
      • protects the lungs and also helps with breathing
    • Diaphragm
      • Sheet of muscle below the lungs
      • helps with breathing
    • alveoli
      • Clusters of air sacs
      • where oxygen enters the blood and carbon dioxide is removed
    • Bronchioles
      • The bronchi branch into many bronchioles which spread throughout the lungs
      • do not have rings of cartilage
    • Bronchi
      • the trachea branches into two bronchi each to which leads to one of the lungs
      • have rings of cartilage
    • trachea
      • windpipe
      • strengths the rings of cartilage
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