What color are the lungs?

Subject: What color are the lungs?

Date: Sun Oct 17 19:19:33 2004
Posted by Richie
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Area of science: Medicine
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I read a book about the body that showed the lungs as purple.  I was wondering 
if the lungs are purple in real life.  And they showed a smoker's lung.  In 
real life would a smoker's lung be missing a few parts or be damaged?

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