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Biology Respiration
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the two breathing movements know as? | Inspiration and expiration |
| What is another word for inspiration? | Inhalation |
| First step of inhalation? | Intercostal muscles contract causing the ribs to move up and out |
| Second step of inhalation? | Diaphragm contracts and flattens, volume of thorax increases |
| Third step of inhalation? | Pressure in thorax decreases and air rushes in to fill the lungs |
| First step of expiration? | Intercostal muscles relax causing the ribs to move down and in |
| Second step of expiration? | Diaphragm relaxes and becomes dome shaped |
| Third step of expiration? | Pressure in the thorax increases and air is forced out of the lungs |
| Summarised steps of inhalation? | Intercostal muscles contract, diaphragm flattens, ribs move up and out |
| Summarised steps of expiration? | Intercostal muscles relax, diaphragm is dome shaped, ribs move down and in |