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I think you meant move air into the lungs. The muscle is the diaphragm.
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What are the Muscles beneath lungs that helps air move in and out?
The muscle is known as the diaphragm.
What is the movement when your muscles move your ribs to make the lungs bigger and smaller?
It is air that does it, as well as the rib muscles themselves. The diaphragm contracts, expanding the internal area of the thoracic (chest) cavity, causing a drop in pressure. Air is then drawn through the nose into the lungs, which expand, causing the ribs to move to accomodate this.
Why do we become short of breath?
Your muscles use oxygen that's extracted from the air by the lungs and transported to the muscles by the blood. When you begin to move your muscles will need more oxygen, so you need to breathe faster in order for the lungs to be able to pick up more oxygen from the air.
Air is forced into the lungs by the contraction of the?
Actually, air isn't forced into the lungs my the contraction of any muscle, but by the relaxation of the Diaphragm, along with the Intercostalis muscles on the ribs and the smooth muscle on the lungs. When your diaphragm contracts, it pushes air out of your lungs. When it relaxes, air is drawn in to the lungs. The intercostalis muscles also help move the ribs when the lungs move as your breath. There is one set on the ribs and one set in between each rib.Hope this helps!
Do lungs have musles?
yes because organs are made up of tissues and so are muscles and for the lungs to move they need the muscle. So yes your lungs do have muscles.
How air exhaled?
The muscles in your diaphragm contract to push the air out of your lungs.
How does air move into the lungs during inhalation?
When inhaling, the muscles work together to increase the size of the chest space, lowering the pressure inside the lungs and drawing air in from outside. Exhaling involves relaxation of the diaphragm and intercostal muscles, reducing the volume of the chest cavity and this, combined with the lungs' natural elasticity, serves to increase the pressure inside the lungs and move air out.
Moving muscles in order to make air flow into and out of the lungs?
The term for moving muscles in order to make air flow into and out of the lungs is breathing. The main muscle that moves is the diaphragm, which sits just below the lungs and causes air to flow in and out as it contracts and expands.
How do mountain lions get air?
They contract their diaphragms and intercostal muscles to allow air into their lungs.
Do muscles need air to move?
no
When air moves into the lungs when the diaphragm muscles do what?
The diaphragm moves down to make the lungs expand (inhalation)
When your muscles move your ribs to make the lungs bigger and smaller?
breathing ant it
