We breath the through the lungs. The air goes in and out of our lungs. So why is it that most of the time it’s our stomach that inflates rather than the chest?

Question

We breath the through the lungs. The air goes in and out of our lungs. So why is it that most of the time it’s our stomach that inflates rather than the chest?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Your ribs actually have a duel role. One is to protect your lungs and heart. The other is to keep your lungs from expanding too much. Lungs can inflate to a huge capacity if left uncontained. You’d look like a toad with its throat stretched out. So, instead of going forward, your lungs mostly go downwards pushing on your organs hence the stomach bulging when you breath