What is false about breathing?

Breathing is carried out by lungs

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We inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide

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The lungs expand during exhalation and contract during inhalation

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Breathing occurs in two phases i.e. inhalation and exhalation

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The correct option is C
The lungs expand during exhalation and contract during inhalation

The lungs expand when we breathe in (inhalation) and contract when we breathe out (exhalation)

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What is false about breathing?

The correct option is C The lungs expand during exhalation and contract during inhalationThe lungs expand when we breathe in (inhalation) and contract when we breathe out (exhalation)

The correct option is C
The lungs expand during exhalation and contract during inhalation

The lungs expand when we breathe in (inhalation) and contract when we breathe out (exhalation)