Water's makes it an excellent solvent for salts, like sodium chloride, as well as other substances required by cells to carry out metabolic processes.

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when you breathe in, or inhale, your diaphragm contracts (tightens) and moves downward. this increases the space in your chest cavity, into which your lungs expand. the intercostal muscles between your ribs also enlarge the chest cavity. they contract to pull your rib cage both upward and outward when you inhale.