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What is able to move up and down from moving air in and out of lungs?
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∙ 6y ago
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.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoPulmonary ventilation or breathing has two phases. Inspiration or inhalation moves air into the lungs and expiration or exhalation moves air out of the lungs. The lungs are enclosed within the thoracic cavity. Thus changes in the shape and size of the thoracic cavity result in changes in the air pressure within that cavity and in the lungs. This difference in air pressure causes the movement of air into the lungs. Air moves from an area where pressure is high to an area where pressure is low. Respiratory muscles are responsible for the changes in the shape of the thoracic cavity that cause the air movements involved in breathing.
The abdominal diaphragm is (or should be) the major muscle driving respiration.
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∙ 13y ago~Pulmonary Ventilation is the moving of air in and out of the lungs.
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∙ 14y agoThe diaphragm is a muscle that forces air in and out of the lungs. It is a muscular membrane located below the lungs. When it moves up, it reduces the volume of the lungs therefore forcing the air out. When it moves down, the volume of the lungs increases forcing the air in through the wind pipe (trachea)
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∙ 12y agoThe lungs compress using muscles to exhale and expand to inhale
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∙ 6y agoIn health, the diaphragm is able to move up and down from moving air in and out of lungs. But in some lung conditions, this movement is restricted.
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∙ 12y agothe diaphragm
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What is able to move up and down for moving air in and out of lungs?
Diaphragm
Why is it so important that your chest can move up and down?
Because the action of your chest moving, coupled with your diaphragm - is what draws air into the lungs.
Why are wind and moving water able to move sediment?
By the water moving on it makes it get wet and causes it to move
How do Desmids move?
Desmids are able to move by extruding mucilage from an apex and moving in the opposite direction.
How do leopards move?
By moving their legs and putting a paw down.
Move head up and down?
When you are moving your head up and down it is called duck
If your lungs were to be taken out of your body would you still be able to breath?
Well, you'd still be able to move your chest, but w(o the lungs there'd be nothing to collect the oxygen that you need out of the air.
How does a Monarch Butterfly move?
by moving their wings up and down dumbo
What is machanical ventilation?
The use of a machine to move air. In medical terms, a machine to aid a person in breathing by moving air into and out of their lungs.
Does the diaphragm move up on inhalation?
No, it pulls down to draw air into the lungs.
How can you move and not move at the same time?
By breathing your stomach goes up and down and also your heart is still moving.
What is the effect of the movement of slide on microscope stage?
When you move the slide to the left it looks like your moving the slide to the right(same thing w/ left side) and if u move the slide up it looks like your moving it down(same thing w/ moving it down)
