Before you inhale, the pressure inside your alveoli is ____

a. 0 mm Hg
b. greater than atmospheric pressure
c. less than atmospheric pressure
d. equal to atmospheric pressure
e. not yet connected to atmospheric pressure


ANSWER: c

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