2007-02-26 04:52:33 · 3 answers · asked by amanda f 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
After a fashion, yes. If you fill a person with air (which doctors sometimes do for laparoscopic surgery, so that they have more room to move), then a portion of their body will swell. However, people aren't nearly as stretchy as balloons, so doing this too much will put pressure on organs, and may also cause stretch marks/scarring of the skin.
2007-02-26 04:57:33 · answer #1 · answered by Brian L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree......and in the same manner, yes they could 'blow up', in a sense.
There is pressure inside the human body --- blood pressure for one. Your eyes have pressure inside them, and most of your tissue has water in it which has a certain form (so to speak) at a certain temperature.
If you were to place a human in a zero (or near zero) pressure situation, everything inside them woudl want to expand. It woudl do so in a time and speed commensurate with the speed and severity of the vacuum. Blood vessels, would expand/burst, not to mention the heart, liver, arteries, and so on.
It would not be a pretty sight, but this is what would happen.
2007-02-26 05:13:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To a certain extent, but they aren't flexible in the same way and would eventually rupture. You'd tend to get leakage from other orifices too. Not a good idea :D
2007-02-26 05:08:59 · answer #3 · answered by Chris H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋