How does a breath suck air into our lungs?

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What happens in our bodies during a breath to cause the atmospheric pressure to suck the air?

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You have a sheet of muscle just below your lungs called your diaphragm. You move this muscle downwards, causing the space of your lungs to enlarge and thus have lower pressure and the air rushes into your lungs to fill that space.

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