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How thyroid cartilage moves with deglutition?
This is because thyroid gland has a true capsule and false capsule (pretracheal fascia). The false capsule is attached to thyroid cartillage, hence glands moves up with swallowing. love, =)
What happens when the muscle in your chest moves to cause you to exhale?
When you breathe out, or exhale, your diaphragm and rib muscles relax, reducing the space in the chest cavity. As the chest cavity gets smaller, your lungs deflate, similar to releasing of air from a balloon
How does your chest move as you breathe?
the chest moves front and back
What happens to the diaphragm when you inhale and when you exhale?
When the diaphragm contracts and moves lower, the chest cavity enlarges, reducing the pressure outside the lungs. To equalize the pressure, air enters the lungs. When the diaphragm relaxes and moves back up, the elasticity of the lungs and chest wall pushes air out of the lungs.
Why does the enlarged thyroid gland move down with swallowing?
Because pretrachea fascia that surrounds thyroid gland is attached to larynx, therefore lumps of thyroid gland will move together with swallowing.
What happens to the diphgram when you inhale?
The diaphragm is a convex shaped muscle (convex side within the chest cavity).When the diaphragm muscle contracts it flattens out and drops down out of the chest cavity making more room and creating a vacuum -- air then rushes into the lungs.When the diaphragm relaxes it moves back up into the chest cavity and expels the air on the lungs. During inhalation, the increased volume of the lungs causes the ribcage to expand. Inhalation - Diaphragm CONTRACTS and moves DOWN (to allow more space in the chest cavity for lungs to expand).Exhalation - Diaphragm RELAXES and moves UP (to force air out of the lungs).
What happens to the diaprhragm when a person breaths in or inhales?
The diaphragm moves down on inhaling. The rib cage expands in volume. The creates a sort of vacuum in the chest cavity, causing the air to enter the lungs.
What happens to the chest cavity when your breathing?
Under normal inspiration the chest wall stays relatively still, only the abdomen moves because of diaphragmatic motion. However, when you take a deep breath the intercostal muscles and the scalene muscles contract. This causes the chest wall to expand outward(due to the intercostals) and move upwards(due to the scalenes).
When a plate moves suddenly what happens?
An Earthquake happens.
When someone breathes in what part of their body moves?
Breathing in requires expansion of the chest.
Does a virus scanner delete infected files?
Yes, or moves them to a "Virus Chest"
What is the large flat muscle that moves up and down to alter the volume of the chest?
diaphragm
