A collapse of a lung or a unit of a lung, making it airless and unventilated, is called ______________.

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The collapse of a part of the lung that makes it airless is atelectasis. Splinting is a form of breathing in which a patient uses one part of the chest to breathe more than another, usually because the other part of the lung or thorax is painful or tender. Surfactant is a phospholipid that coats alveoli and keeps them open and lubricated. A rhonchus is an abnormal breath sound.

A Collapse of a Lung or a Unit of a Lung