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Where is the diaphragm and what does it do?
It's just below the lungs and is essential for breathing. The diaphram is what moves causing the lungs to expand and contract making air come in and out.
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When does the diaphragm relax?
The diaphragm relaxes during EXHALATION. Your diaphragm flattens when you inhale, creating more space for the lungs to take in more air.
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What does the diaphragm do when you inhale?
When you inhale, the diaphragm contracts and moves down. This increase the chest cavity and the lung volume.
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What is a singing diaphragm?
The diaphragm is muscle located just beneath the lungs. This muscle is responsible for allowing air in and forcing air out of your body. The term "singing diaphragm" has no re…levance, though the muscle is used quite extensively while singing. (MORE)
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What does your diaphragm do?
The diaphragm's main purpose is to assist with the breathing process. When a person inhales, the diaphragm contracts and allows the air to come in. It inflates and d…eflates the lungs. 1. Respiration: the diaphragm contracts during inhalation, leading to entrance of air from the environment; the diaphragm relaxes during exhalation, leading to exit of air to the environment. 2. Retaining of Food: the diaphragm prevents acid reflux from stomach, thus preventing vomiting. 3. Increase of Abdominal Pressure: the diaphragm, through increasing the abdominal pressure, can lead to the expulsion of vomit, urine, as well as feces. 4. Valsalva Maneuver: the diaphragm helps build-up pressure in the lung (such as the pressure you feel when defecation), hence making respiration and defecation a lot more easier. Source(s): Student Doctor. Supporting the activity of breathing. To increase and decrease air pressure in the lungs so they swell or deflate. (MORE)
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Do fish have a diaphragm?
Nope! Only mammals have diaphragm. No fish, amphibians, reptiles, or birds. Why only mammals have a diaphragm is because their breathing is different, and more advanced. Most …non-human animals have alternative ways for breathing. (MORE)
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The function of the diaphragm'?
The diaphragm is a dome shaped muscle to which the lungs are attached. When the diaphragm contracts, it flattens and pulls down the lower borders of the lungs. This causes the… intrapulmonary volume of the lungs to increase. When the volume of the lungs increases, the pressure within the lungs decreases and so air flows in. When the diaphragm relaxes it resumes its dome shaped and compresses the lungs increasing the pressure inside them and so air flows out. That's the extended version. The function of the diaphragm is to help you breathe. (MORE)
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In Microscopes
Where is the diaphragm on the microscope?
Diaphragm in microscope is kind of shutter which can be used to adjust the ammount of light intensity. It is prresent just above the condensor which is known as Abb…e condensor that collects the light directing it upward through any object on the stage. (MORE)
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In Reptiles
Do crocodiles have a diaphragm?
They do not have a diaphragm which is the characteristic feature of mammals exclusively in the animal kingdom. However, they do possess a structure known as Diaphragmaticus wh…ich acts as a piston during breathing process. It is however, not Homologous to diaphragm of mammals. (MORE)
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What is a diaphragm?
A diaphragm is a muscular partition that is dome-shaped that separates the thorax from the abdomen in the mammals.