Multiple Choice
Which one of these factors would decrease the diffusion of a gas across the alveolar/pulmonary capillary membrane
A) an increase in the thickness of the membrane
B) an increase in the surface area of the membrane
C) an increase in the partial pressure gradient
D) the gas's smaller molecular size
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