What keeps the visceral pleura in close proximity to the parietal pleura?
A) the mesothelia are one and the same
B) spider web -like processes extending from the outer covering
C) surface tension of the intrapleural fluid
D) positive pressure in the intrapleural space
E) trans -alveolar pressure
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