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1) Pressure changes caused by 2) your chest muscles PLUS your rib cage cause the volume of your thoracic cavity to change.
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How does heat cause air to move?
Heat causes air to move because the temp. is so hot the chemicals just move or go away.
What happens when air is blown into a balloon?
Air is transferred from your lungs into the balloon, where it diffuses inside the balloon and due to the elastic tendancies causes it to expand from the pressure of the increasing amount of air you blow in.
Can objects be designed so that their shapes causes air to move different speeds above and below them?
It can
What kind of force is showed when air rushing out of the neck of a balloon causes the balloon to move?
Momentum
What would you use to measure air in the lungs?
A spirometer is used to measure the amount of air in our lungs.
What causes air to move in and out of your lungs?
the expansion and relaxation of your diaphram.
What causes air to move into and out of a person lungs?
your diafram
What human action causes the lungs to become filled with air?
breathing is the human action that causes the lungs to be filled with air.
What muscles move the air in and out of the lungs?
I think you meant move air into the lungs. The muscle is the diaphragm.
What happens to lungs when you inhale?
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.
What is the force that drive air in to the lungs?
Suction is the force that "draws" or pulls rather than "drive" air into the lungs.When the diaphragm muscle pulls down, and the ribs expand slightly, the lungs also expand which sucks air into them.(see related links below)
What is able to move up and down for moving air in and out of lungs?
Diaphragm
What of the following describes the functions of lungs?
Lungs Move Oxygen From The Air Into The Blood.
What force cause air to move in an out of the lungs?
inhale:- the air pressure in the lungs decreases and air moves in. exhale:-air pressure in the lungs increases and air moves out.
What enables us to breathe?
The contraction of the diaphragm causes it to move down, increasing the volume of the thoracic cavity. This movement and volume change decrease the pressure in the lungs, and air rushes in.
Which is the movement of the chest that brings air into the lungs and removes waste gases?
When your lungs move to bring in air and remove gases you are breathing.
How much your lungs can stretch out when you take a deep breath?
This varies between different people, so a sporty persons lungs would have adapted to hold my air than a normal persons. Also a pro swimmer would have more air capacity in their lungs so they could hold it for longer.
