Life: The Science of Biology
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Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
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Chapter 48.3, Problem 1R
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The difficulties faced by premature babies while breathing.
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Premature babies are those babies that are born before 37 weeks of gestation period and experience certain problems due to the incomplete development of body. They have a weak lung and are unable to fulfill the oxygen demand of body.
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