RETRACTION FORCE - FUNCTION, TASK & DISEASES - KRPERPROZESSE

Retraction force



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The term retraction force primarily refers to the lungs or thorax and means their tendency to contract when stretched and thus to generate the intrathoracic negative pressure. The lungs get their retraction force from elastic fibers and