Inhale - Inhale

Japanese: 吸息 - きゅうそく
Inhale - Inhale

…The movement required for external respiration is called respiratory movement, and the skeletal muscles that act on it are called respiratory muscles. Respiratory movement is the regular alternation of inhalation and exhalation (Figure 9). Inhalation expands the thoracic cavity, drawing outside air into the lungs through the airways, and exhalation contracts the thoracic cavity, pushing out the mixed gases in the lungs. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "inhalation" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…外呼吸のための運動を呼吸運動,それに働く骨格筋を呼吸筋という。呼吸運動は規則正しい吸息と呼息の交代である(図9)。吸息によって胸腔が拡張し,外気は気道から肺の中に吸いこまれ,呼息により胸腔は縮小して,肺内の混合ガスが押し出される。…

※「吸息」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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