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At relative sea level, air pressure is un-noticed by the majority humans, since that is where the live. The human body is adjusted to that pressure. As you rise in elevation the Air Pressure lessens...the Air gets 'thinner'. Less Oxygen is available in each breath. You tire easier, become easily disoriented.
If you go very high, say above 10,000 feet you may experience Altitude Sickness and become Physically Ill or even DIE!
At extremely high altitudes, say 100,000 feet, the low pressure affects the Fluids in your body and they may give off their Oxygen (boil) causing Death. Fortunately you will have lost consciousness before this point!
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 9y agoNormally not at all, except for having to pop your ears if your Eustachian tube is blocked.
However - too low can lead to hypoxia (climb a mountain)
and too high nitrogen acts like a anesthetic ("rapture of the deep" ... Scuba diving)
Also if too high for too long, oxygen is toxic in too high a partial pressure.
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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.
What are the effects of air pressure have on the human body?
imbalanced pressure can cause nose bleedin and also if you tavel about and thru many and different areas of pressure your ear kinda blocks but u can "fix" it by yawning
How does air enter the human body?
When you breathe you suck air from your mouth or nose!
How does air pressure affect speed of a human?
Yes, it does affect our speed while we are running because if there is more air pressure the force of the pressure is against us and so we slow down while we are running.
When swimming under water pressure becomes greater?
Yes. The water pressure exerted on your body is greater than air pressure, and increases with depth.
Pressure inside human body?
The air pressure inside a human body is roughly equivalent to the pressure of the atmosphere. Normal air pressure is about 13.7 pounds per square inch at sea level.
We human beings are surrounded by air so why don't we get smashed because of atmospheric pressure?
Pressure differentials are a cause of structural movement. Since the human body's internal pressure is basically that of atmospheric pressure, the human body experiences no change in structure. When the human body is exposed to vacuum pressure such as in space, the human bodies pressure would exert a force greater than that of the vacuum resulting in the human body to expand...(and explode ). When submerged beneath the ocean at great depths, the human body's internal pressure would not be enough to "push" against the force of the water and would implode...
When the air pressure in the lungs is greater than the air pressure outside the body you?
at higher altitudes the pressure of air is greater in our lungs as compare to the air pressure outside the body
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.
Is bacteria in air soil and the human body?
Yes it is found in air soil and the human body.
What are the consequences on the air of human activities?
Discuss the impact of human activities according to air pollution
What are the effects of air pressure have on the human body?
imbalanced pressure can cause nose bleedin and also if you tavel about and thru many and different areas of pressure your ear kinda blocks but u can "fix" it by yawning
Why you do not feel air pressure although there is a tall column of air above us?
If the human body was hollow and contained a vacuum, we would then feel the air pressure. However, our lungs contain air, so the internal pressure is the same as the external pressure. Air pressure is perfectly balanced everywhere it is in contact with us, and all of our internal fluids, blood, lymph, etc., are under pressure, and balance the pressure that the air exerts. If a human being were to be exposed to the vacuum of outer space, our pressurized internal fluids would explode. We can only feel a difference in pressure, we do not feel perfectly balanced pressures, within and without.
How does the air pressure on Mount Everest effect the body?
Air pressure doesn't affect it at all.
How much air is pressing on the human body?
The atmospheric pressure at sea level is 14.7 pounds per square inch (14.7 psi)
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 impact does air quality have on the human health?
it helps us breath
