Define compliance and resistance
A) Compliance is the ease with which the lungs expand and recoil. Resistance is an indication of how much force is required to inflate or deflate the lungs.
B) Compliance is the ease with which the breathing muscles and rib cage expand and recoil. Resistance is the limitation of expansion placed on the lungs by the size of the rib cage.
C) Compliance is an indication of how much force is required to inflate or deflate the lungs.Resistance is the ease with which the lungs expand and recoil.
D) Compliance is the limitation of expansion placed on the lungs by the size of the rib cage.Resistance is the ease with which the breathing muscles and rib cage expand and recoil.
E) Compliance is the ability of the lungs to expand. Resistance is the ability of the lungs to recoil.
Answer: A
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