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You'd end up with adhesions when it healed.
IF the tear extended to air (either inside the lung or outside the body), the pleura would loose its vacume and the lung would collapse.
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What would happen if the membrane did not allow water or solute particles pass through it?
The cell wouldn't diffuse.
What would happen if there were fewer penguins?
What would happen to the creatures in the food chain if there were fewer penguins in Antarctica
What would happen if humans mated with dogs?
what would happen?Well, a cat and a dog wouldn't because they wouldn't mate. So pretty much nothing would happen :/
What would happen you ate a cigarette while pregnant?
It's not clear why anyone would be that stupid, but PROBABLY nothing would happen as a result. Still, why risk it?
What would happen without refrigerators?
we would all die!
What would happen if the pleural space lost its negative pressure?
inspiration would be more difficult.
What would happen if air got into the pleural space between two pleural membranes?
The two pleural membranes should be touching. If air creates a space between them the air will push the lung down and prevent it from filling with air. This is known as a collapsed lung, or pneumothorax. The air between the pleural membranes must be removed to reinflate the lung.
What would happen to a cell if it had no nuclear membrane?
The world would explode
What would happen if there were Nuclear membrane in a cell?
it will blow up
What would happen to the cell membrane if ribosomes are not working?
There would be no protein synthesis.
What happen to the cell if cell membrane not a semi-permeable membrane?
The cell would die as it couldn't maintain homeostasis.
What might happen to filtration if the water pressure damaged the membrane?
The lage particles would pass throug the membrane
What would happen if the membrane of a nucleus permeable to most substances?
The nucleus would be damaged.
What would happen if a chicken egg does not have any shell membrane?
If there is no shell membrane, then there will also be no shell. What comes out will be just whites and yolks. Fortunately it does not happen very often.
What would happen if the plasma membrane were composed solely of phospholipids and no proteins?
there would be no protein channels in the plasma membrane and as a result of that there would be no entry or exit of the materials across the membrane
What would would happen if a membrane protein was unable to a signaling molecule?
Messages would not be sent to the inside of the cell.
What would happen to a cell if its membrane started to break down?
The organelles would spill everywhere and it would die
