What muscular changes are involved in the breathing process?
What will be an ideal response?
The muscles involved in respiration are the scalenes (deep breathing), the intercostals (external = rib elevation and
inspiration; internal = depression and exhalation), the diaphragm for both inspiration and exhalation, and the
muscles of the abdominopelvic wall, which compress to raise pressures that assist in exhalation and relax to assist
in inspiration.
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