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Inferior to the lungs is the diaphragm that is domed in shape when relaxed and flatter when contracted.
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∙ 15y agoRib muscles help the lungs to move air in and out of your body.
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∙ 10y agoThe muscle that is directly below your lungs is called your diaphragm. It makes breathing possible. It moves down and up allowing oxygen to flow in and carbon dioxide to be blown off.
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∙ 15y agoThe diaphragm.
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∙ 11y agoThe heart
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What is the strong muscle that helps the lungs to breathe?
The diaphram
What is dome shaped muscle below your lungs and helps you breathe?
The dome shaped muscle that works with the lungs is the diaphragm.
What is a short definition for Diaphragm?
The muscle below your lungs that controls your breathing.
What is a large muscle that rest below your lungs?
it's your tri-ceps...i think.
What is a dome shaped muscle that lies below the lungs and aids the breathing process?
The diaphragm
What is dome-shaped muscle that lies below the lungs and aids the breathing process?
The diaphragm
What region of the body is the diaphragm in?
The diphragm is located below the lungs and is the major muscle of respiration.
Is a dome-shaped muscle that lies below the lungs and aids the breathing process?
It is known as the diaphragm.
The is a dome-shaped muscle that lies below the lungs and aids the breathing process.?
It is known as the diaphragm.
What is your diaphram?
It is the muscle below the lungs and it essentially allows you to breath. It goes up and down, changing the pressure inside your body which allows air to flow in your lungs.
How do the lungs move?
The diaphragm is a strong wall of muscle on the bottom of the chest cavity. As this wall of muscle expands downward, a vacuum is created which pulls air into the lungs. As the diaphragm returns to it's original position, air is pushed out of the lungs.
What is a muscle that forces the lungs to expand and contract and bring air into and out of the lungs?
Lungs do not actively expand and contract by themselves. A muscle below the lungs called the diaphragm acts as a bellow, creating negative pressure within the abdominal cavity that holds the lungs to allow air to rush in and out the lungs.
