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1. Diaphram and external respiratory muscles
relax
2. Elastic tissues of lungs and thoracic cage
were stretched during inspiration, suddely recoil, and surface tension collapses alveolar walls
3. Tissues recoiling around lungs
increase the intra-alveolar pressue
4. Lungs
air is squeezed out