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Name the part of the lungs where exchange of gases take place.

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Within the lungs, the air passage branches repeatedly into smaller tubules which finally terminate in a balloon-like structure called alveoli. The alveoli, surrounded by blood capillaries, provide a surface, where the exchange of gases takes place.


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