
The Living World 8th Edition by George Johnson
Edition 8ISBN: 978-0078024214
The Living World 8th Edition by George Johnson
Edition 8ISBN: 978-0078024214 Exercise 10
When you take a deep breath, your chest moves out because
A) the incoming air expands the thoracic cavity.
B) contracting your abdominal muscles forces the chest cavity outward.
C) contracting the muscles around the thoracic cavity pulls your chest out.
D) positive pressure builds up in the lungs, expanding the chest cavity and forcing the chest out.
Place in the order of increasing volume:
A) residual volume tidal volume vital capacity
B) tidal volume residual volume vital capacity
C) vital capacity tidal volume residual volume
D) vital capacity residual volume tidal volume
A) the incoming air expands the thoracic cavity.
B) contracting your abdominal muscles forces the chest cavity outward.
C) contracting the muscles around the thoracic cavity pulls your chest out.
D) positive pressure builds up in the lungs, expanding the chest cavity and forcing the chest out.
Place in the order of increasing volume:
A) residual volume tidal volume vital capacity
B) tidal volume residual volume vital capacity
C) vital capacity tidal volume residual volume
D) vital capacity residual volume tidal volume
Explanation
Beginning at the entry to the lung, a la...
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