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When you inhale, your diaphragm contracts and moves downward, while the intercostal muscles between your ribs expand the chest cavity. This creates a negative pressure within the lungs, allowing air to flow in through the trachea and fill the alveoli, where gas exchange occurs. Oxygen from the inhaled air is then absorbed into the bloodstream, while carbon dioxide is expelled from the blood into the lungs to be exhaled.

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