If you were to add surfactant to your alveolar interior, you would expect to see _________________.
Select one:
a. a decreased change in the intrapleural pressure (Pip).
b. an increase in surface tension
c. an increase in airflow in to the alveoli.
d. an increased change in the intrapleural pressure (Pip).
Option C-. an increase in airflow in to the alveoli.
Surfactants are compounds that lower the surface tension .
The function of surfactant in the Alveoli is to lower the surface tension at the air/liquid interface within the alveoli .
In Normal case--Pulmonary surfuctant makes Reinflation of alveoli after expiration more easier.
Insufficiency or reduction of pulmonary surfactant in the alveoli can lead to----- atelectasis (collapse of the lung ).
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