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Serous Fluid: Why Are the Pleurae Not Damaged During Normal Breathing?

Explain how serous pleural fluid reduces friction between visceral and parietal pleura during normal breathing.

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Why are the pleurae not damaged during normal breathing?

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This is the normal-physiology explanation for OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, Chapter 22 Critical Thinking Question 40. It does not say that the pleurae can never be injured, or diagnose pain, inflammation, pleural effusion, or trauma. No personal observation or experimental result is supplied by the question.