In this video, we discuss what intrapleural pressure is and how it can be changed by the body.
DISCLAIMER: These videos are NOT meant to replace your lecture attendance, taking lecture notes, and reading the assigned readings in your textbook. These videos are only intended to aid you in understanding the material. Since our understanding of physiology is constantly updating, please use your professor's lectures and/or your textbook as your primary sources of information since these are more likely to be up to date. Thank you!
Resources Used: This video is heavily based on a class lecture by Dr. Walter Boron at CWRU. The material covered by that lecture can be found in the textbook: Boron and Boulpaep Medical Physiology 3rd edition, Chapter 27: Breathing Mechanics
