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Pneumothorax is normally treated by insertion of a chest tube todraw air out of the pleural cavity. Explain why this would allowthe collapsed lung to reinflate. Support your answer by drawing adiagram of the lungs, pleurae, and pleural cavity before and afterinserting a chest tube. Label your diagram with the appropriatealveolar pressure and intrapleural pressure, assuming anatmospheric pressure of 760 mm Hg.

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