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When the air pressure in the lungs is greater than the air pressure outside the body you?
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at higher altitudes the pressure of air is greater in our lungs as compare to the air pressure outside the body
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What happens to the air pressure when inhalation?
When the diaphragm contracts the lungs are pulled down. This creates space in the lungs for air to rush in because air pressure is greater outside the body than inside the body. So in order to reach an equilibrium the air outside rushes into the lungs when you inhale. To my little knowledge of the body,the lungs collapse on exhaling and expand on inhaling.As the brain controls everything,except the heart, the heart has cells which can think for itself.If the brain stopped functioning,the heart can still beat as long as it has oxygen in the lungs.As soon as the air is used up the heart will eventually stop.When you sleep your heart keeps the lungs inhaling and exhaling to maintain life until you awake.Then the brain goes into a rest period and just gives the heart and lungs a slight electric shock to keep them going. If Im wrong here please let me know.
How our lungs work?
Our lungs are part of the human respitory system. The exchange of gases from the outside of the body to the inside of the body take place in the here.
What is the action of the diaphragm that helps you breathe?
When you breathe in the diaphragm moves down. This increases the volume of the thorax (chest) and lungs, which reduces the pressure of air in the lungs. Air enters when the pressure in the lungs falls below that in the atmosphere. When you breathe out the diaphragm moves up, reducing the volume in the lungs and increasing the pressure. When the pressure in the lungs is greater than that of the atmosphere air leaves the lungs.
What is the pressure of air outside the body called?
ventilation
What are two ways that air can get into your body?
The diaphragm moves down, and the intercostal muscles pull the ribs up and out. Both movements increase the volume of the chest cavity, thus reducing the pressure in the lungs. Air flows in from the outside to equalise the pressure.
How does air moves into and out of the lungs?
As the diaphragm contracts or retracts, the interior pressure of the lungs changes. As this pressure change occurs, the air pressure outside of the body remains unchanged. The resulting lack of pressure equality forces the air in or out of the lungs to maintain an equilibrium in the body pressure.
What Pressure of the air inside the lungs?
This depends on exhalation or inhalation. If you are exhaling the pressure would be greater inside the lungs than the outside, but if you are inhaling, then the pressure would be greater on the outside than the inside.
When you exhale but dn't delibirately inhale why does air still flow into your lungs?
Because air diffuses from high pressure to low pressure, when we breath we aren't really "sucking" air in, our diaphragm lowers and our ribcage extends allowing our lungs to "expand" air then diffuses from the outside of the body into our lungs, when the diaphragm contracts it creates a higher pressure in the lungs compared to the outside, so air then diffuses from the lungs and out of the body.
What muscle works with the lungs and ribs to get air in and waste gases out of the lungs?
The muscle is the "diaphragm" muscle. It is located beneath the lungs. When it moves down and away, it creates lower pressure around the lungs, and the air pressure outside the body flows into the lungs. When it moves up and in, it compresses the lungs, increasing the pressure to force the air back out.
What is the total pressure a lung exerts while breathing out?
During exhaling, air out of lungs, diaphragm is pushed upward and hence partial pressure in the ribs increases and the pressure outside the body is little less so air goes out of the body. During inhalation exact opposite of exhalation occurs Total pressure = partial pressure outside our body + partial pressure inside our body
What regulates the movement of air in and out of the lungs?
the gases flow through the two bronchi into the two lungs. the tube further divides into bronchioles which end with very thin sack like structures called alvoeli. this is where the air is filtered. oxygen gets mixed with the blood and the rest is filtered out for exit
How body alters air pressure in lungs?
By putting pressure on the lungs with the diaprhragm (a platform of muscles just below the lungs.
What happends if your in zero gravity?
You explode. Because the pressure inside the body is much greater than outside the body, the body expands until it explodes outwards.
Why Given that the air pressure outside your body is so great why aren't you crushed?
Pressure inside your body balances the air pressure outside your body.
As you ehxale the bronchioles in the lungs release most of their air?
The air pressure changes inside and outside the body, breathing takes place.In normal conditions,air moves from high pressure area to low pressure are.
When you inspire to take a breath what happens to the pressure and volume in the lungs?
When the diaphragm contracts the lungs are pulled down. This creates space in the lungs for air to rush in because air pressure is greater outside the body than inside the body. So in order to reach an equilibrium the air outside rushes into the lungs when you inhale. To my little knowledge of the body,the lungs collapse on exhaling and expand on inhaling.As the brain controls everything,except the heart, the heart has cells which can think for itself.If the brain stopped functioning,the heart can still beat as long as it has oxygen in the lungs.As soon as the air is used up the heart will eventually stop.When you sleep your heart keeps the lungs inhaling and exhaling to maintain life until you awake.Then the brain goes into a rest period and just gives the heart and lungs a slight electric shock to keep them going. If Im wrong here please let me know.
What happens to the air pressure when inhalation?
When the diaphragm contracts the lungs are pulled down. This creates space in the lungs for air to rush in because air pressure is greater outside the body than inside the body. So in order to reach an equilibrium the air outside rushes into the lungs when you inhale. To my little knowledge of the body,the lungs collapse on exhaling and expand on inhaling.As the brain controls everything,except the heart, the heart has cells which can think for itself.If the brain stopped functioning,the heart can still beat as long as it has oxygen in the lungs.As soon as the air is used up the heart will eventually stop.When you sleep your heart keeps the lungs inhaling and exhaling to maintain life until you awake.Then the brain goes into a rest period and just gives the heart and lungs a slight electric shock to keep them going. If Im wrong here please let me know.
