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Airflow and Gas Exchange in the Avian Lung.<br />

Figure 8. The avian airway divides into bronchi which then divide into smaller<br />

passages called parabronchi. Running between the parabronchi are tiny air<br />

capillaries that are penetrated by blood capillaries of roughly equal size. It is<br />

between these two capillary types that gas exchange occurs.<br />

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