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Your Lungs and Breathing
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You cannot usually see the air you breathe out. But on cold days the ...
The high life
The higher up you go, the lower the amount of oxygen in the air and ...
Hick! Hick! Hick!
Hiccups are short, sudden gasps of breath. They happen when your ...
Coughs and colds
Like sneezing, coughing is an automatic reaction which helps to clear ...
Speedy sneezes
Sneezing helps clear slimy mucus or dust from your nose. You inhale ...
Air amounts
Each minute, a new-born baby breathes a total of 0.5 litres (0.8 ...
Lung volume
In a normal breath, you take in about 0.5 litres (0.8 pints) of air. ...
In and out
When you breathe in, your chest muscles pull your ribs up and out. ...
Amazing But True
You have about 300 million alveoli (air sacs) in each lung. They give ...
Breathing know-how
Air goes in through your nose, then down your trachea (windpipe), ...
The need to breathe
You need to breathe to get oxygen from the air into your body. Your ...