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Author: Cecie Starr, Beverly McMillan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 10, Problem 6SQ
Breathing _______.
- a. ventilates the lungs
- b. draws air into airways
- c. expels air from airways
- d. causes reversals in pressure gradients
- e. all of the above
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