Assertion: pleural cavity's lung | /r/CapableOf | fill with air
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text: This ensures that when the thorax expands, the lung also expands, filling with air.
text: This process can be made forceful through the contraction of the external intercostal muscles, forcing the rib cage to expand and adding to the relative negative pressure within the intrapleural space, which causes the lungs to fill with air.
text: This breathing process can be made forceful through the contraction of the external intercostal muscles which forces the rib cage to expand and add to the negative pressure in the pleural cavity causing the lungs to fill with air.