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elevation
not sure there is a term, but by expanding your rib cage, you create negative pressure in your chest cavity, which pulls in air via your mouth and nose to fill the void.
I think it would be elevation, but I agree - there is no specific term that i learned in school for that specifically.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe general term for raising anything is called "elevation."
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What is the role of diaphragm and ribs in breathing?
The ribs enclose the thoracic cavity providing bony protection for the vital organs of the thorax-the heart and lungs.Because the thorax must expand and contract to allow breathing, the ribs move slightly in a "bucket handle" type of motion with each breath.Therefore the ribs are involved with breathing.
Which body system controls the movement of the ribs in breathing?
The nervous system controls the movement of the ribs during breathing. The movement is performed by the musculoskeletal system.
What muscle raises your ribs and helps breathing?
Diaphragm
What the difference between thoracic and clavicular breathing?
Clavicular breathing relates to the Clavicle/collar bone, it is said to be the worst type of breathing which is a shallow inhalation which raises the collar bone and abdoman. The Thoracic breathing is essentialy breathing from the ribs where the rib muscles expand the ribs and chest.
Are the ribs immovable or movable?
Ribs move with the diaphragm to assist in breathing. While they are fairly rigid, just look at how your chest expands and contracts while breathing. If they were immovable, there would be no movement.
How does the sternomastoid muscle help with breathing?
If the head of the neck is fixed, then it is possible for the muscles to raise the clavicle and manubrium sterni, and hence the ribs, so that they act as accessory muscles of respiration.
What is the helmet shaped muscle under the ribs that controls breathing?
diaphragm
What body organ or structure protects the lungs and supports the breathing?
ribs
What is the name of the muscle of where spare ribs come from a pig?
The ribs are linked by the intercostal muscles. These open and close the ribcage to cause breathing.
When your muscles move your ribs to make the lungs bigger and smaller?
breathing ant it
Breathing occurs due to the contraction and relaxation of the muscles between the ribs and the?
diaphragm....
What muscles between the ribs lift during normal resting breathing?
intercostal muscles
