Since your lungs work ( more or less )in the same way as your gut with the villi and alvioli and what-not i wondered if it was possibile
2007-06-17 08:04:23 · 5 answers · asked by vous le vous? 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Your gut is not adapted for gas exchange, so I doubt it would work. I did have a student who could breathe through her eyes, however. Her tear ducts were abnormally large, and she was able to tape her mouth shut and hold her nose with no ill effect.
2007-06-17 08:13:08 · answer #1 · answered by justjennith 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure but I think you may have mis-understood something you may have overhood.
"Breating through your gut" is a term frequently used in endurance athletics. In cycling "breathing though your gut" meant limiting breathing with your intercostal abdominals until the most strenuous periods.
2007-06-17 09:42:03 · answer #2 · answered by Arch Teryx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. For one of many things, your lungs have much more surface area.
2007-06-17 08:10:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the surface area of your lungs is about that of a tennis court.
2007-06-17 14:08:47 · answer #4 · answered by Aaron R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. There is not enough surface area.
2007-06-17 08:08:00 · answer #5 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋