Unlike Inspiration, Expiration Is a Passive Act Because No Muscular

question 87

Multiple Choice

Unlike inspiration, expiration is a passive act because no muscular contractions are involved. Expiration, however, depends on two factors. Which of the choices below lists those two factors?

• A) the recoil of elastic fibers that were stretched during inspiration and the inward pull of surface tension due to the film of alveolar fluid
• B) the expansion of respiratory muscles that were contracted during inspiration and the lack of surface tension on the alveolar wall
• C) the negative feedback of expansion fibers used during inspiration and the outward pull of surface tension due to surfactant
• D) combined amount of CO₂ in the blood and air in the alveoli

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