Assertion: lung | /r/CapableOf | pull air
Facets:
value: into the lungs
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: into them
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: by enlarging this space
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: By enlarging this space, the lungs can pull air into them.
text: This is because your lungs are very elastic, and when your muscles relax at the end of inspiration your lungs simply recoil back into their resting position, pushing the air out as they go.
text: The lungs are expanded with the help of the diaphragm, a muscular sheet of tissue which contracts away from the thoracic cavity, thereby decreasing the pressure and pulling air into the lungs.