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why does lung compliance increase as pressure increase? or inanother words, how come change in lung volume is higher as pressureincreases?

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Compliance describes thedistensibility of the respiratory structures It says how much thevolume of a structure changes for a given change in pressure Ifcompliance is high the volume changes a lot and if it is low thevolume changes little The lungs are both compliant and elasticThey must be compliant to fill with air during inspiration Theymust be elastic to recoil and push air out during expiration Thecompliance of the lungs is demonstrated by an isolated lung in ajar This increases lungcompliance and    See Answer
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