The COPD called emphysema forces the afflicted to exhale through pursed lips to maintain intrabronchial backpressure, thereby preventing
A) the use of secondary breathing muscles.
B) surface tension decrease.
C) decreased traction.
D) mixing of oxygenated/deoxygenated blood.
E) airway collapse.
Ans: E) airway collapse.
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