Lungs do not collapse between breaths and some air always remains in the lungs which can never be expelled because

Question

Lungs do not collapse between breaths and some air always remains in the lungs which can never be expelled because (A) there is a negative pressure in the lungs (B) there is a negative intrapleural pressure pulling at the lung walls (C) there is a positive intrapleural pressure (D) pressure in the lungs is higher than the atmospheric pressure

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Lungs do not collapse between breathes some air always remains in the lungs which can never be expelled because there is negative intrapleural pressure pulling at the lung wall.

Q. Lungs do not collapse between breaths and some air always remains in the lungs which can never be expelled because

there is a negative pressure in the lungs

there is a negative intrapleural pressure pulling at the lung walls

there is a positive intrapleural pressure

pressure in the lungs is higher than the atmospheric pressure

Lungs do not collapse between breathes some air always remains in the lungs which can never be expelled because there is negative intrapleural pressure pulling at the lung wall.