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What moves down when you breathe in?

Your diaphragm moves downward during exhaling.


Why is diaphragmatic breathing important?

I think that diaphragmatic breathing is when you breathe using your diaphragm, which causes your abdomen to go in and out. If you don't use your diaphragm, your chest expands instead. If you breathe with your diaphragm, you breathe more deeply.


What do the lungs do when the diaphragm moves down?

The diaphragm moves down when you breathe in, so your lungs will expand to take in as much oxygen as possible.


When the diaphragm moves up do you inhale?

No, as you inhale the diaphragm is contracting and pulling down, expanding the lungs. As you breathe out, the muscle relaxes and rises up again.


What muscle in the lungs which contract and releases changing the volume of the lungs?

I believe that answer is the diaphragm. As the diaphragm moves up and down, it expands the lungs, and when the diaphragm goes up, the lungs release the air out again.


Is the diaphragm part of the respiratory system?

Diaphragm is not part of respiratory system but part of muscular system but it helps in breathing movements .yes


What is the functions of diaphgram?

The function of the diaphragm is to go up when you inhalewhen you exhale it goes down it helps you breath so when you breathe say "Thank you diaphragm I think your special because if it wasn't for you I would be dead the first breath I take" SO REMEMBER ALWAYS BE CAREFUL AROUND YOUR DAIPHRAGM!!!!


What are you doing when your diaphragm moves up and your ribs move down and in?

Your diaphragm lowers and your ribs expand outwards


What muscle moves down when you inhale and up when you exhale?

During passive breathing the diaphragm moves down for inhalation this pushes the organs of the abdomen down and so pushes the rectus abdominus out, this is why you see your abdomen moving. To assist exhalation the rectus abbominus then contracts pushing the organs back in and so pushing hte diaphrag pack up.


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.


How the air passes though the respiratory system?

There is a muscle called diaphragm. It tightens and relaxes and you breathe. It then goes up through either bronchial tubes. It goes up through the windpipe, which is the trachea, then comes out then comes back in. That's all I know


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

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