answersLogoWhite

0

The diaphragm flattens to help inhalation. This creates more space in the chest cavity, so the pressure drops which causes a vacuum. This makes air rush in and inflate the lungs.

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What is diaphragam?

The diaphragam is the part of your body that your lungs rest on. For example, when it is said that 'the wind was knocked out of me', it is because the person was hit in the diaphragam. This thing helps the lungs move up and down respectively.


What is an inhalation therapist?

Inhalation therapists help the patient learn to use respirators and other breathing aids to restore or support breathing.


What are inhalation therapies?

Inhalation therapies are a group of respiratory, or breathing, treatments designed to help restore or improve breathing function in patients with a variety of diseases, conditions, or injuries.


What system does the diaphragam belong to?

The respiratory system. It's a sheet of muscle below the lungs, that contracts to force air into the body.


How does the respiratory system help the cells get what they need?

The lungs take oxygen in (inhalation) and expel Carbon Dioxide (exhalation)


When was Inhalation Toxicology created?

Inhalation Toxicology was created in 1989.


What inhalation and exhalation?

Inhalation means breathing in, and exhalation is breathing out.


Describe the mechanism of inhalation in man?

Discribe the mechanism of inhalation of man


The primary toxicity of pulmonary agents is to the?

airway inhalation


This individual has subjected himself to hazardous materials by way of?

inhalation


How does the throat help the human body?

It transfers food to the stomach, connects to the lungs for the inhalation of oxygen and the exhalation of carbon dioxide.


Does inhalation of naphthalene balls cause any danger?

Most certainly, inhalation of naphthalene is dangerous!