Explain how emphysema can result in a loss of alveolar surface area.

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4. Explain how emphysema can result in a loss of alveolar surface area.

5. Which will have a higher concentration of surfactant, a large alveolus or a small one? Explain why. 

6. What is the function of surfactant?

7. Explain why puncturing the pleural membrane (pneumothorax) causes the lung to collapse.

8. Explain why the intrapleural pressure is always subatmospheric.

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