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What are you doing when your diaphragm moves up and your ribs move down and in?
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∙ 8y ago
Your diaphragm lowers and your ribs expand outwards
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 8y agoWhen your diaphragm moves up and your ribs move down and in, you are exhaling. The diaphragm is relaxed when it is in the "up" position.
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∙ 8y agoYou are exhaling with your diaphragm moves up and your ribs move down and in. When your diaphragm moves down, you are inhaling.
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What muscle compress and move downward when you inhale?
the diaphragm. It is right above the heart and lungs, and expands and contracts when you breathe in and out. You can almost feel it move down a little, when you release air.
Does your diaphragm contract and move down when you inhale or exhale?
you inhale when your diaphragm contracts.
Describe the movement of the ribcage and diaphragm during exhalation?
I believe the ribs are there to protect our lungs, heart etc. When we breath in, what we are actually doing is telling our diaphragm to contract, which moves it in a downwards motion. This caused pressure in our lungs to lower which pulls in air.
When you inhale what direction does the diaphragm move?
Upwards, toward the head.
What is able to move up and down for moving air in and out of lungs?
Diaphragm
What is able to move up and down from moving air in and out of lungs?
the diaphragm is a muscle located below the lungs. When the muscle tissue of the diaphragm contracts, it moves down, creating a vacuum inside the lungs, and pulling air into them. To breathe out, the diaphragm simply relaxes, springs back up, and the air is expelled. Not all of the air ever comes out of the lungs during an exhale.
What layer of muscles move up and down when you breath?
The diaphragm is a muscle that moves or pushes up your lung when you exhale and down when you inhale in order to allow more space for oxygen to fill your lung. Also, your chest expands as you breath in and relax as you exhale.
What happens to the diaphragm when a person inhales?
The diafragm moves downward and the intercostal muscles contract pushing the chest outward and upward causing negative pressure in the lung structure - air will allways move from a high pressure area to a low pressure area, hence, into the lungs.
When you breathe in do your lungs go up and out?
When you breath, your lungs can go up and out a little, but mostly, your lungs go down. The breathing device is the diaphragm, a sheet of muscles going across your chest inside front to back. As the diaphragm 'bends' itself down, the lungs have to move with it and get bigger. When the lungs get bigger, they have no choice but to suck in more air through the mouth or nose. When the diaphragm 'bends' or moves upward, air is pushed out of the lungs.
What moves up and down but don't move?
Stairs
Does the diaphragm move up on inhalation?
No, it pulls down to draw air into the lungs.
What is the strong muscle that is below the lungs?
Inferior to the lungs is the diaphragm that is domed in shape when relaxed and flatter when contracted.
