Increased residual lung volume with aging is the result of all of the following except
a. Kyphosis
b. Decreased elastic recoil
c. Decrease in the number of functioning alveoli
d. Decreased efficiency of gas exchange in the alveoli
D
All of the responses are normal aging changes, but response D affects the efficiency of oxygen availability.
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