girl^interrupted
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: Pic shows 1 small alveoli n 1 large with step cork in between. No surfactant lining both , what happens if stop cork removed ?
I knw small ones tend to collapse more...but acc. to
Tension = Pressure * radius
The large one will have more surface tension and hence tends to collapse more????
I think I"m missing some very easy point here...
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| sixfeet
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accordin to the laplace equation.. P=2T/R... SO FOR THE SAME TENSION T... A SMALLER ALVEOLI WILL HAVE A GRATER COLLAPASING PRESSURE THAN THE LARGER ALVEOLI..
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| epica
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Agree
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