Which of the Following Statements Concerning Pulmonary Surfactant Is Incorrect

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements concerning pulmonary surfactant is incorrect?

• A) pulmonary surfactant is secreted by Type II alveolar cells.
• B) pulmonary surfactant is deficient in newborn respiratory distress syndrome.
• C) pulmonary surfactant promotes elastic recoil of the lungs.
• D) the cohesive force between a water molecule and an adjacent pulmonary surfactant molecule is much lower than the cohesive force between two adjacent water molecules.
• E) pulmonary surfactant reduces surface tension.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean.

T-Distribution

A probability distribution used in statistics that arises when estimating the mean of a normally distributed population in situations where the sample size is small and population variance is unknown.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from the sample data, that is believed, with a certain degree of probability, to contain the true population parameter.

Margin Of Error

An estimate of the amount by which an observed sample result may differ from the true value, providing a confidence interval for the estimation.