In other words, if I jump in a pool and fill up my lungs and mouth with the stereotypical chipmunk cheeks full of air, do my lungs use any of that air in my cheeks as like a “reserve”? Or is it only the air that made it into the lungs that gets used?
You can fit so little air just in your mouth. It will be of no use to you. That’s like trying to fill a tire by waving your arms in front of the valve.
In other words, if I jump in a pool and fill up my lungs and mouth with the stereotypical chipmunk cheeks full of air, do my lungs use any of that air in my cheeks as like a “reserve”? Or is it only the air that made it into the lungs that gets used?
You can fit so little air just in your mouth. It will be of no use to you. That’s like trying to fill a tire by waving your arms in front of the valve.
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