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Oxygen passes from an air sac into the blood; carbon dioxide passes from the blood into the air sac.
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Throat, nose and lungs

Oxygen uptake in the air sacs

Oxygen passes from an air sac into the blood. Carbon dioxide moves in the opposite direction to be breathed out.

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