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How does the structure of the alveoli allow for its function of gas exchange?

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~ The alveoli are adapted to make gas exchange in lungs happen easily and efficiently. they give the lungs a really big surface area. they have moist, thin walls (just one cell thick) they have a lot of tiny blood vessels called capillaries.

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