Most of the work of breathing is overcoming
A) Surface tension in the lungs
B) Recoil from elastic fibers in the lungs
C) Airway resistance in the lungs
D) Internal resistance from muscles
E) None of these pathetic distractors
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Q2: The Law of LaPlace for a
Q3: The Law of LaPlace predicts that alveoli
Q4: The major muscle used during quiet resting
Q5: The movement of the “mucus escalator” is
Q6: Inspiratory muscles include
A) Diaphragm and external intercostal
Q7: Compliance of the lungs is due to
A)
Q8: Surface tension has the units of
A) N
Q9: The major muscle used during quiet resting
Q10: The pneumothorax is
A) A direct pathway between
Q11: In the relaxation volume-pressure curves, the respiratory
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