In the healthy adult, ____ is a reflex mechanism that opens collapsed areas of the lung.

A. coughing
B. sighing
C. yawning
D. stretching


Answer: B

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a. Classical scattering b. Photoelectric absorption c. Modified scattering d. Annihilation reaction

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Carbon has an atomic number of 6. One of its isotopes has a mass number of 14. The number of neutrons in this isotope is

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