Lungs Capacity - 3.02

Visitors can test their lungs’ vital capacity. This is the amount of air that can be forced out of the lungs after a maximal inspiration. After this exhale some air will be left inside the lungs, occupying the so-called residual volume. Different factors like gender, smoking, and sports, influence someone’s lung volume. In general, women have smaller lung volume than man, smokers have smaller lung volume than non-smokers, and athletes have bigger lung volume than couch dwellers. People living at higher altitudes even have slightly bigger lung capacities to compen-sate for the thinner air, containing less oxygen.