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Inside the lungs are sac-like objects called ______.

A. pleura


B. bronchioles


C. alveoli


D. mediastinum

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Alveoli are referred to as “sac-like”

because they look like small sacs on the end of the bronchioles. The alveoli exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide.

(Note: alveolus is singular; alveoli is plural.)

User Jordi Flores
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The answer is C. alveoli :)

Hope this helps!
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