Use the following information to answer the questions below. Due to its system of nine air sacs connected to the lungs,the respiratory system of birds is arguably the most effective respiratory system of all air-breathers.Upon inhalation,air first flows into posterior air sacs,then into the lungs,and then into anterior air sacs on the way to being exhaled.Thus,there is one-way flow of air through the lungs,along thousands of tubules called parabronchi. -Some bird bones are hollow rather than honeycombed.The hollow bones mostly contain air sacs.The replacement of bone marrow with air sacs is properly understood as an adaptation to
A)reduce the weight of the bird. B)facilitate flight. C)eliminate the functions that marrow performs. D)All three of the options listed are correct. E)Only two of the options listed are correct.