What might happen to ventilation if the water film lining the alveoli did not contain surfactant?

Answer 1

The surfactant keeps the aveoli from collapsing. So without surfactant the lungs would collapse causing reswpiratory failure.. there would be c omprimised if not no ventilation.

Answer 2

therefore the lining of the alveoli would suffer from ventilation distress and would eventually sustain to a non-breathing death --with supplementary causes from the pollution and the global warming with the black ozone and pollution being a contributory factor in the dying of the lining of the alveoli--it's a sorry mess of pollution and global warming to be sure --and as a scientist I


cannot understand where the surfactant was not present in the ventilation.

Answer 3

BETH,
ALL YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SURFACTANT IS HERE:
http://www.vonl.com/chips/lungsurf.htm