Ventilation is movement of air into and out of lungs;
volume of thorax/lungs/chest increased/decreased;
pressure in thorax/lungs/chest decreased/increased;
air flows from higher to lower pressure / air flows until the pressures are equal;
During inspiration/inhalation:
external intercostal muscles contract so ribcage moved up/out; diaphragm contracts so moves down/becomes flatter;
internal intercostal/abdomen (wall) muscles relax;
During expiration/exhalation:
external intercostal muscles relax so ribcage moved down/in; diaphragm relaxes;
recoil of elastic fibres that stretched during inspiration;
internal intercostal muscles contract (during forced ventilation); abdomen (wall) muscles contract (during forced ventilation);