When air is no longer moving through the respiratory tract and the airway is open to the environment, the pressure within the lung is equal to

A) end-diastolic pressure.
B) transpulmonary pressure.
C) atmospheric pressure.
D) intrapleural pressure.
E) systolic blood pressure.


Answer: C) atmospheric pressure.

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