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Explain the mechanics of breathing. Include the role of intercostal muscles, diaphragm, and air pressure.

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when the diaphragm contracts air is forced out when the diaphragm relaxes air flows in cause of the air pressure and no force keeping the lungs in an "exhaled" state for lack of a better term currently

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