this could be cause by a condition called fibrosis where the alveoli walls scar and thicken making a larger diffusion distance. also causing the walls to lose elasticity. this could be cause by a condition called fibrosis where the alveoli walls scar and thicken making a larger diffusion distance. also causing the walls to lose elasticity. this could be cause by a condition called fibrosis where the alveoli walls scar and thicken making a larger diffusion distance. also causing the walls to lose elasticity.
Emphysema is the disease in which the air sacs in your lungs collapse.
Tuberculosis?
Chronic Bronchitis
COPD
The loss of elasticity has a huge impact on the function of the lungs. If lungs cannot expand they cannot take in and expel air efficiently.
The lungs lose elasticity so they expand less.
what happens when you inhale is that air goes into your lungs and your lungs get bigger ...Actually, your diaphragm moves to expand the volume of your thoracic cavity, which pulls a partial vacuum on your lungs, causing them to expand FIRST...and THEN the partial vacuum created by your expanded lungs causes air to move into them. When you breath out, it causes the reverse to occur.
Smoking damages the lungs,causes dieses and illness.
There are no muscles in the lungs that help inhale or exhale, this is the job of the diaphragm.
The inter coastal muscles in between the ribs make the ribs expand. the pleural membrane is like a slippery skin that sticks to the ribs and when they expand the lungs expand aswell.
The diaphragm moves down when you breathe in, so your lungs will expand to take in as much oxygen as possible.
The lungs will expand and the diaphragm will pull down to let air come in. The ribcage will also expand out for more room.
The lungs will expand and the diaphragm will pull down to let air come in. The ribcage will also expand out for more room.
There are two ways to expand your lungs: 1. Muscles in your chest expand your Rib Cage and pull your lungs outward, expanding their volume. 2. Your Diaphram muscles pull downward and expand your lungs downward.
This is because the heart is enclosed by the lungs and breathing causes lungs to expand compressing on the infarcted heart increasing the pain
Using your muscles to voluntarily force the diaphragm lower into the abdomen will cause air to be drawn into the lungs. Lowering the lung pressure in this way is the only way to expand your own lungs. It is possible to expand them using compressed air, as with a ventilator or CPAP device (continuous positive airway pressure).