3.

(a) If the chest wall (including parietal pleura) is punctured,

would the pressure in the pleural cavity increase

or decrease? (b) Would lung size increase or decrease?

(c) What is this condition called?

(a) If the chest wall (including parietal pleura) is punctured, would the pressure in the pleural cavity
increase or decrease?

-it would increase and become atmospheric

(b) Would lung size increase or decrease?

- lung size decreases

(c) What is this condition called?

- pneumothorax