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What happens to the diaphragm when you inhale and when you exhale?
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∙ 8y ago
When the diaphragm contracts and moves lower, the chest cavity enlarges, reducing the pressure outside the lungs. To equalize the pressure, air enters the lungs. When the diaphragm relaxes and moves back up, the elasticity of the lungs and chest wall pushes air out of the lungs.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 8y agoWhen you inhale, your diaphragm contracts and moves down, making more space in your chest. Air rushes in to fill this space, and you inhale. When you exhale, your diaphragm relaxes and moves up, squeezing the carbon dioxide out of your body.
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∙ 10y agoit relaxes
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What position must the diaphragm be when you inhale or exhale?
You can not know the position of diaphragm, when you inhale or exhale. The position of the diaphragm changes automatically.
Does your diaphragm contract and move down when you inhale or exhale?
you inhale when your diaphragm contracts.
What happens when the diaphragm is lowered?
You exhale, when you inhale, the muscles in the ribs pull the lungs up
What takes place you initate and exhale?
When you inhale, your diaphragm contracts and moves downward, and when you exhale, your diaphragm relaxes and moves upward.
How do you pull a muscle in your diaphragm?
Your diaphragm IS muscle. When we inhale, it is pushed down. When we exhale, it is pulled up.
What happens to the size of the chest cavity as you inhale?
The movement of the diaphragm affects the size of the chest cavity by when you inhale the chest cavity enlarges, but when you exhale the chest cavity becomes smaller.
What tighten and get shorter when you inhale but relax and get longer when you exhale?
diaphragm
What muscle compress and move downward when you inhale?
the diaphragm. It is right above the heart and lungs, and expands and contracts when you breathe in and out. You can almost feel it move down a little, when you release air.
What allows you to inhale and exhale?
Inhalation requires the contraction of the diaphragm, and exhalation occurs when it relaxes.
What happens when the diaphragm and the rib cage muscles relax?
The diaphragm relaxes during EXHALATION. Your diaphragm flattens when you inhale, creating more space for the lungs to take in more air.
What is the largest dome-shaped muscle that works with your lungs to allow you to inhale and exhale air?
diaphragm
Are you breathing in or out when the diaphragm contracts?
contracts means to come together or to close. Try breathing. Does your diaphragm get smaller when you inhale or exhale? ********************************************************** Hint: it contracts when you inhale..
