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Blood flows to the lungs through the pulmonary trunks which divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries. These transport blood to the air sacs of the lungs, where carbon dioxide in unloaded and oxygen is picked up. Then the blood flows back to the heart by the pulmonary veins.

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