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Why would physicians insert a tube into the chest to re-inflate the lungs?
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∙ 11y ago
because the lungs can not re-inflate themselves
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Why would removing the air from the thoracic cavity help the lung to reinflate?
why? there is a very delicate balance of pressures in are lung, the plueral sac, and in our thoracic cavity that must be maintained. if the balance is offset then our lungs simply wont function properly. im not exactly sure what a doctor does when they insert a tube into the chest to re inflate the lung, but im certain that it is to restore the pressures of the different cavities in the chest
How does a doctor repair a collapsed lung?
The doctor will make an incision under the arm, to insert a chest tube. This chest tube will drain off any blood in the lungs, allowing it to re inflate.
Where are your lungs located in body?
Your lungs are in the thoracic cavity, which includes the chest down to the diaphragm. The lungs are located on both sides of the heart in pleural cavities.Source:http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/what-is-in-the-thoracic-cavities.html
What happens to the lungs when the chest cavity becomes bigger?
The lungs expand.
Do birds have lungs in their wings?
No, birds have lungs in their chest cavity not their wings.
What is the cavity that houses the lungs?
chest
Where are the heart and lungs in your body?
In your chest.
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 is the location of lungs in pig?
chest cavity
Where are then lungs located?
In your chest and behind your ribcage.
Where do you find lungs?
in the chest on both sides
Spaces in the chest between the lungs?
Mediastinum
