When a person is lying supine at the end of exhalation, the diaphragm:

A. contracts and flattens inferiorly.
B. may rise as high as the nipple line.
C. is less prone to penetrating trauma.
D. descends below the level of the navel.


Answer: B. may rise as high as the nipple line.

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