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Why are lungs not the same?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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Human lungs aren't the same shape on opposite sides of the body because the heart sits slightly to the left of the midline. To make room for the heart in humans, the left lung has a cardiac notch, which isn't found on the right lung.

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