Our lungs are not in our stomach, so how is it possible to expand our stomach when breathing in?

Question

What exactly is happening when we expand our stomach when breathing and what specifically are we doing differently when we breathe through our chest?

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Answer 1

Our lungs don’t expand on their own the diaphragm moves down which create a mini vacuum in the lungs which then pulls air into the lungs, the movement of the diaphragm can also impact the stomach.