The organs are not fully developed yet, but close.
The lungs are not completely developed and will not be fully developed until a couple years into birth after the alveolar period. "The saccular stage starts at the 24th week and lasts until the fetus comes to term. Airway development begins to spread out and form airspaces, or saccules, within the chambers. The airspace expands as saccules continue to form. The bronchiole formations that appeared in the previous stage begin to grown into alveoli and develop into a cluster of airways throughout each chamber." In the saccular phase the last generation of air spaces in the respiratory part of the bronchial tree is born.
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