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Q: Does the rib cage help you breathe?
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What happens to the rib cage when you breathe out?

it remains in the body.


How the diaphragm and the rib cage move?

These are the muscles that move the rib cage and they work together:Diaphragm (Prime mover of inhalation). If you need to breathe deeper you will use these:Scalenes (Elevate rib cage, assist in inhalation)Sternocleidomastoid (Elevate Rib Cage, assist in inhalation)Pectoralis minor (Elevate Rib Cage, assist in inhalation)External Intercostals (Elevate rib cage, assist in inhalation)Internal Intercostals (Depress, assist in exhalation)The diaphragm is under both voluntary control (holding your breath) and involuntary control (sleeping, reading)


Is it possible to get rib cage reconstruction if your rib cage is mishapen?

it is not possible to cunstruct a rib cage again.


How can you break your rib cage?

You can break your rib cage a number of ways but overall from a blunt blow to the rib cage


What is a Rib Cage Plait?

References to:1. Lacing of the rib cage: rib cage kinesiology, Plaiting/lacing


Do whales have rib cage?

Yes, whales do have rib cage.


When your rib cage expands its inhaling?

Yes, this, in combination with the movement of the diaphragm (controlled by surrounding muscles) allows space for air to rush into the lungs. Thus, you breathe.


Are the lungs distal to the rib cage?

The rib cage is superficial to the lungs. The rib cage encloses the lungs for protection.


What is the size of human rib cage?

what is the approximate size of the human rib cage


What is the advantage of having hyaline cartilage within the rib cage?

It allows more flexible movement which helps us to breathe with ease.


What bone protects your heart and stomache?

Your rib cage protects your heart and stomach,because the rib cage is kind of a cage and when you get hit there,it dosent hurt your organs but it can damage the rib cage.


What are the disadvantages of a frog's circulatory system?

frog does not have ribs. It does not have rib cage also, so frogs cannot breathe by expanding the rib cage