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The pediatric nurse explains to the parents of a 1-year-old patient with pneumonia that the differences between the adult and child respiratory system affect function and subsequent respiratory conditions.
 
  The nurse knows that these differences include:
  A) the infant is an obligate nose breather until 6 months of age.
  B) the epiglottis in the child under 8 is shorter and rigid.
  C) the larynx and the glottis are higher in the younger child's neck.
  D) there are more functional muscles in the neck and decreased soft tissue.
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