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The respiratory system functions to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide through two processes: external respiration which involves breathing and pulmonary ventilation, and internal respiration which is the gas exchange that occurs in the tissues. During pulmonary ventilation, inspiration is an active process involving contraction of the diaphragm and expiration is mostly passive. Factors such as resistance, compliance, elasticity, pressure, and surface tension affect pulmonary ventilation. Gas exchange occur
- Author
- Elle
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- EN