Exhalation below the resting level requires active muscular effort in order to overcome what ten-dency?

a. The airways to collapse
b. The alveoli to expand
c. The chest wall to expand
d. The lungs to expand

ANS: C
In order to exhale below the resting level (FRC) muscular effort is required to overcome the ten-dency of the chest wall to expand.

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