Where is Raw highest in the airway of the human body?

a. Terminal bronchioles
b. Carina
c. Left lower lobe
d. Nose, mouth, and large airways


ANS: D
Approximately 80% of the resistance to gas flow occurs in the nose, mouth, and large airways, where flow is mainly turbulent. Only about 20% of the total resistance to flow is attributable to airways smaller than 2 mm in diameter, where flow is mainly laminar.

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