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Tidal volume barely taps into respiratory capacity

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A standard resting breath only ever utilizes about ten percent of the absolute maximum potential of the gas exchange network. The vast majority of the delicate microscopic architecture simply sits totally idle, endlessly waiting for an extreme emergency that rarely arrives.

Tidal volume barely taps into respiratory capacity
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