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When we breathe in the intercostal muscles in the rib cage contract and the chest inflates, while filling up with air, at this point the diaphragm flattens. The oxygen then goes down the trachea and through the bronchiole tubes and into the lungs, where it meets the alveoli. The Oxygen in the alveoli then diffuses through the alveoli and through the capillaries in the lungs. The capillaries are only one cell thick, thus making it easier for the oxygen and carbon dioxide to diffuse through. The carbon dioxide diffuses through, in the other direction from, the capillaries to the alveoli, where it can leave the body via the bronchiole tubes, trachea and exiting out the mouth. When we breath out, the diaphragm relaxes and goes back into the dome shape, the intercostal muscles also relax, allowing the chest to deflate.
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You breathe out a gas called what?
we breathe out a gas called carbon dioxide
What is the stuff you breathe out called?
The air you breathe out is carbon dioxide.
What is it called when you breathe in to get oxygen and breathee out to release carbon dioxide?
When you breathe in you inhale and when you breathe out you exhale
What is it called when plants breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen?
photosynthesis
How you breathe in air?
you breathe in something called oxygen and then breathe out something called carbon dioxide. Inside your body the oxygen gets running through your blood vessels ans heart and muscles. then even though you breathe in a bit of carbon dioxide- you breathe more out than in! :)
What is shortness of breathe called?
breathlessness
What do whales breathe out of?
Whales breathe in and out of their blowhole. They are unable to breathe through their mouth because the trachea is not attached to the throat.
What lives but doesn't breathe oxygen?
Plants breathe in a gas called carbon dioxide and then they breathe out the gas called oxygen which is what we breathe in! Also there is most likely a type of living thing which no human has ever discovered and so there may be milllions of kind of living things that may not breathe in oxygen - they might not even breathe in a gas!
Why is carbon dioxide released when you breath?
its called photosynthesis trees let out oxygen and you breathe it in then you breathe out carbon dioxide which the trees breathe in. So basically its from the oxygen the trees breathe out
What is the Colorless,odorless,tasteless gas that you breathe in?
The colorless, odorless and tasteless gas that you breathe in is called oxygen, the chemical symbol of which is O2. Similarly, the gas that you breathe out is called carbon dioxide.
What is it called to breathe underwater and on land?
amphibious
How do mosquitoes breathe?
Mosquitoes who are adults breathe through what is called a spiracle. Spiracles are small holes on the sides of the bodies that allow them to breathe.
