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Alveolus
肺泡

A cup-shaped structure in the mammalian lungs, providing a large respiratory surface area for efficient gas exchange (Book 2, p.128)

哺乳動物的呼吸表面,以進行氣體交換。

Related terms: lung (肺), gas exchange (氣體交換)

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