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The diaphragm moves down to make the lungs expand (inhalation)

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Laury Bergnaum

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What moves air in and out the lungs?

the diaphragm


Air moves into the lungs when the diaphram muscle?

Air moves into the lungs when the diaphragm is flattened. The diaphragm is relaxed (arched) during expiration.


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.


The diaphragm moves air into and out of the what of a mammal?

Lungs.


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 parts of the body work together to help you breathe?

The diaphragm, intercostal muscles, and lungs work together to help you breathe. The diaphragm moves down, the intercostal muscles expand the rib cage, and the lungs expand to take in air for oxygenation.


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.


When you breath out which direction does your diaphragm go?

When you breathe out the diaphragm moves upwards to push the air out of the lungs. When you breathe in the diaphragm moves downwards to draw air into the lungs. When you breathe out your diaphragm contract and moves upwards towards your head. when you breathe in too much your diaphragm explodes


Describe how the diaphragm and rib muscles work together to control inhaling and exhaling?

The diaphragm contracts and moves downward during inhalation, increasing the volume of the chest cavity and drawing air into the lungs. The rib muscles, such as the external intercostals, help expand the chest wall outward to create more space for the lungs to fill with air. During exhalation, the diaphragm relaxes and moves upward, while the rib muscles relax and help decrease the volume of the chest cavity, forcing air out of the lungs.


What does the diaphragm muscle do when air moves into the lungs?

The diaphragm moves down to make the lungs expand (inhalation)


What happens when the diaphragm moves downward and the rib cage moves up and out?

The opposite. When you exhale, the diaphragm moves upward to push the air out of the lungs.


How air exhaled?

The muscles in your diaphragm contract to push the air out of your lungs.