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Which condition results in a five-fold decrease in the surface area of the lung's membrane?
Which condition results in a five-fold decrease in the surface area of the lung's membrane?
- Bronchitis
- Asthma
- Removal of an entire lung
- Emphysema with dissolution of the alveolar wall (correct)
Which condition results in the least amount of surface area loss of the lung's membrane?
Which condition results in the least amount of surface area loss of the lung's membrane?
- Removal of an entire lung
- Asthma (correct)
- Bronchitis
- Emphysema with dissolution of the alveolar wall
What happens to the surface area of the lung's membrane when an entire lung is removed?
What happens to the surface area of the lung's membrane when an entire lung is removed?
- It increases
- It decreases to a quarter of the normal surface area
- It decreases to half of the normal surface area (correct)
- It remains the same
