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respiratory zone

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respiratory zone,
the air sacs where gas exchange actually occurs in the lungs, usually below the seventeenth division of bronchi.


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It is replaced with a new supply of oxygen at the respiratory zone of your lungs, transported by blood circulation.
The transitional and respiratory zones functions at the alveolar region where gas exchange occurs.
These sacs, known as the alveolar region, are the respiratory zone where oxygen is exchanged for carbon dioxide.
 
 
 
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