alveoli

The air we breathe in goes through the voice box and then through the windpipe. The windpipe divides into the two main bronchi. Each of these main bronchi branches into smaller bronchi and bronchioles. At the end of the bronchioles, there are groups of tiny air sacs, which are called alveoli or pulmonary vesicles.

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