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What part makes your lungs inflate (expand) and deflate (contract)?
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∙ 9y ago
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).
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoYour lungs are forced to expand and contract by a muscle right underneath them. This muscle, called the diaphragm, is pronounced di-a-fram.
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∙ 12y agoBOOBS, no that is not correct, the Diaphragm causes your lungs to expand
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∙ 10y agoThe Diaphragm.
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∙ 13y agodiaphragm
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∙ 11y agoair
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What causes the lungs to inflate and deflate?
Yes, but only when you breathe in. when you breathe out, they will deflate.
What part of your lungs inflate and deflate?
Action of the diaphragm causes healthy lungs to inflate in whole like a balloon.Doctors have said that the average person does not breath properly, thereby not filling our lungs with sufficient air to help purify our blood. We should do daily exercises of deep beathing or get into the habit of breathing more deeply than we do.
Location of lungs in context of diaphragm?
The lungs are located anterior to the diaphragm. The diaphragm is the means by which the lungs inflate and deflate.
What is the definition of mechanical ventilation?
Mechanical ventilation is the use of a mechanical device (machine) to inflate and deflate the lungs.
Does a tortoise's throat inflate and deflate when it breathes?
Since a tortoise cant expand its abdomen (as it is encased in a shell) to fill its lungs it must pump air down its throat. It uses a sack near its mouth to do this.
Does your chest expand because your lungs inflate or do your lungs inflate because your chest expands?
There are no muscles in the lungs that help inhale or exhale, this is the job of the diaphragm.
What do the Lungs do in the respiratory system?
They get bigger, then smaller. Yup, pretty much. P.S the person who wrote this is stupid...The lungs inflate then deflate XD
What happen to your lunges when you exhale?
when you inhale your lungs expand when you exhale they deflate because the air leaves the lungs.
Why would have wet surfaces on the inside of the lungs be useful?
It allows the lungs to inflate and deflate without the "walls" sticking to each other, acting as a lubricant.
Does the diaphragm produce hormones?
No the diaphragm does not produce hormones. All the diaphragm is is a muscle that expands and contracts to inflate and deflate your lungs.
Is it true that lungs can expand and contract because they are muscular walls?
No. They expand because there's a diaphragm that sits below the lungs and make them expand
What is the description and function of the diaphagelm?
I presume you mean diaphragm. This is the muscular partition between the Chest and Abdomen. Its contraction is responsible for breathing as it tends to inflate and deflate the lungs.
