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Physiology of Pulmonary Ventilation & the Gas Laws Airflow is governed by basic pressure, flow, and resistance principles Atmospheric pressure is the weight of the air is the force that moves air into the lungs. Boyle’s law - at constant temperature, the pressure of a given quantity of gas is inversely proportional to its volume.