Tiger1974
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Which of the following pressures is subatmospheric after expring tidal volume?
a. alveolar pressure
b. transpulmonary pressure
c. tracheal pressure
d. intrapleural pressure
e. transmural pressure
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| fox
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| dreamer
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D: during normal restful breathing,intrepleural pressure is always subatmospheric and thus acts as a force to expand the lung.otherwise the lung will collapse because of its recoil.components of recoil: the tissue itself and the surface tension force in the fluid lining the alveoli.
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