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How will the body benefit from the movement of the rib cage when breathing?
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How will the body benefit from the movement of the rib cage when breathing?
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When you breathe your diaphragm contracts and moves downwards. This increases the space in your chest cavity, and it allows your lungs to expand into it. This is beneficial because it decreases pressure and drives air into our lungs
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