Which of the Choices Below Describes the Forces That Act

question 104

Multiple Choice

Which of the choices below describes the forces that act to pull the lungs away from the thorax wall and thus collapse the lungs?

• A) compliance and the surface tension of the alveolar fluid
• B) compliance and transpulmonary pressures
• C) the natural tendency for the lungs to recoil and transpulmonary pressures
• D) the natural tendency for the lungs to recoil and the surface tension of the alveolar fluid

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