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Your diaphragm lowers and your ribs expand outwards

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What muscle compress and move downward when you inhale?

the diaphragm. It is right above the heart and lungs, and expands and contracts when you breathe in and out. You can almost feel it move down a little, when you release air.


Why does your stomach move while you breath?

When you breathe in, your diaphragm moves down, creating more space in your chest cavity. This can push your stomach outward due to the pressure changes in your abdomen. As you exhale, your diaphragm moves back up, releasing the pressure on your stomach.


Does your diaphragm contract and move down when you inhale or exhale?

you inhale when your diaphragm contracts.


What moves upwards and downwards when the diaphragm contracts and flattens?

The lungs move downwards when the diaphragm contracts and flattens, allowing air to be drawn into the lungs.


Does the diaphragm move up on inhalation?

No, the diaphragm moves down during inhalation. This action increases the space in the chest cavity, allowing the lungs to expand and fill with air. The downward movement of the diaphragm creates negative pressure in the chest, which draws air into the lungs.


How do the ribs rise up and fall down?

The ribs rise up during inhalation when the diaphragm contracts and moves downward, creating more space in the chest cavity. This causes the ribs to move up and outwards. During exhalation, the diaphragm relaxes and moves back up, while the ribs move downward and inwards to decrease the space in the chest cavity.


Describe the movement of the ribcage and diaphragm during exhalation?

I believe the ribs are there to protect our lungs, heart etc. When we breath in, what we are actually doing is telling our diaphragm to contract, which moves it in a downwards motion. This caused pressure in our lungs to lower which pulls in air.


When you inhale what direction does the diaphragm move?

Upwards, toward the head.


Which process causes the diaphragm to move back up?

Contraction of the diaphragm muscle causes it to move back up. When the diaphragm contracts, it flattens and moves downwards, increasing the volume in the thoracic cavity. This action creates negative pressure, sucking air into the 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 layer of muscles move up and down when you breath?

The diaphragm is a muscle that moves or pushes up your lung when you exhale and down when you inhale in order to allow more space for oxygen to fill your lung. Also, your chest expands as you breath in and relax as you exhale.


When you breathe in do your lungs go up and out?

When you breath, your lungs can go up and out a little, but mostly, your lungs go down. The breathing device is the diaphragm, a sheet of muscles going across your chest inside front to back. As the diaphragm 'bends' itself down, the lungs have to move with it and get bigger. When the lungs get bigger, they have no choice but to suck in more air through the mouth or nose. When the diaphragm 'bends' or moves upward, air is pushed out of the lungs.