During inspiration, the expansion of the lungs causes: Group of answer choices cohesion of visceral and parietal pleura. a pressure gradient from alveoli to atmosphere. a decrease in alveolar pressure. an increase in intrathoracic pressure from about –6 to –4 mm Hg.

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