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Meaning of "network of airways" and "sponge-like organs"

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01i00Your lungs are a pair of large 01font00sponge-like organs02font00 that almost fill your chest cavity. Your left lung is slightly smaller than your right lung, to make space for your heart.02i02br
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01i00When you breathe in, you suck air in through your nose and mouth and down a tube called the trachea. Your trachea divides into two tubes called the primary bronchi. One enters each lung. From there, the bronchi progressively branch into smaller airways, which eventually lead to tiny air sacs called alveoli. This intricate network of airways /looks like /an upside-down tree."02i02br
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0Network of Airways: a connected group of passages that allow air to flow through them.02br
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00Sponge-like organs: Internal organs (like the lungs) that are soft and porous (having many little tunnels), like sponges.0-

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