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What is the name for the central region of the chest cavity that contains the organs between the lungs?
mediastinumintra-thoracic space or mediatstinum
What happens to your chest when you inhale?
When you inhale, the chest cavity expands. Seventh grade life science, baby.When you breathe in, your diaphragm contracts (tightens) and moves downward. This increases the space in your chest cavity, into which your lungs expand. The intercostal muscles between your ribs also help enlarge the chest cavity. They contract to pull your rib cage both upward and outward when you inhale.
Can being hit by an airbag make your chest burn a week later?
Yes airbags can break ribs and give you concussions. You may need to get that checked out.
Exhalation occurs when what relaxes?
The lungs don't actually contract. all the work is done by muscles in the chest.When you breathe out, or exhale, your diaphragm relaxes and moves upward into the chest cavity. The intercostal muscles between the ribs also relax to reduce the space in the chest cavity.As the space in the chest cavity gets smaller, air rich in carbon dioxide is forced out of your lungs and windpipe, and then out of your nose or mouth.
What involves changes in air pressure inside and outside your body?
Breathing involves changes in air pressure inside and outside your body. When you inhale, your chest expands because muscles between your ribs push the ribs apart to make a bigger space. Also, a sheet of muscle in the lower chest, called diaphragm, moves downward to make a bigger space.
How much space should there be between an airbag and the chest?
0 it should hit your chest.
In car equipped with airbag how much space between chest and steering wheel?
12-15 inches
In vehicles equipped with an airbag how much space should there be between the driver's chest and the center of the steering wheel?
12-15 inches
How much space should there be between you and your chest and the center of the steering wheel in a vehicle equipped with an airbag?
There should be a minimum of 10 inches.
How much space should their be between the drivers chest and the center of the steering wheel in a vehicle equipped with an airbag?
it should be 5inches between a driver and steering wheel
Space between the lungs in the chest are?
plueral space
How much space should there be between your chest and the center of the steering wheel?
Most defensive driving courses advise to at least have 12 to 15 inches of space between the chest and the steering wheel.
What is the space between your chin and your chest called?
The space between your chin and your chest is called your Neck. The neck is the part of a person's body that connects the head to the rest of the body, and also links the spinal cord to the brain.
How much space should there be between your chest and the center of the steering wheels?
Most defensive driving courses advise to at least have 12 to 15 inches of space between the chest and the steering wheel.
How much space should there between chest and air bag?
Safest driving speed are
What is the space called between the lungs and chest?
The mediastinum.
What is a hemo-thorax?
Hemothorax is a collection of blood in the space between the chest wall and the lung (the pleural cavity).
