Respiratory Structures and Gas Exchange
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The lungs move air in and out like bellows. Fresh, oxygen-rich air mixes with intrapulmonary air. Oxygen is carried with the circulation and carbon dioxide is excreted with the exhaled air. Various mechanisms maintain the purposeful distribution of ventilation and circulation. Very much of the complicated physiology and pathophysiology is already known, and it has recently become possible to observe changes at the molecular level.
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