B5 - The Respiratory System
- Created by: Pokemon/Trainer
- Created on: 03-06-16 15:41
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- breathing takes in oxygen so that we can perform respiration
- respiration releases carbon dioxide which leaves the body through exhalation
- inspiration (breathing in) is when the intercostal muscles and diaphragm contract and make the thorax bigger, which expands the lungs and decreases the pressure
- expiration (breathing out) is when the intercostals and the diaphragm relax, the thorax volume decreases, and the pressure is forced out of the…
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