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The chest cavity is where your heart, lungs, and esophagus reside. It's essentially everything located behind the chest wall, but in front of the spine, above the diaphragm and below the throat.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe diaphragm is a domed, muscular structure separating the thorax (chest cavity) and the abdominal cavity. The contraction and relaxation of the diaphragm affects inspiration and expiration (breathing in and out) as it affects the volume of the chest cavity.
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∙ 9y agoThe chest cavity is the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart.
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∙ 6y agoWhat's the membrane that surrounds the organs in the abdomen
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∙ 10y agoThe thorax.
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What separates the abdomen and the chest cavity?
The diaphragm separates the chest from the abdomen and pelvis
Which describes the action of the diaphragm and chest cavity when you exhale and squeeze air from the lungs?
it will changes the air pressure in the thoratic cavity by increasing or decreasing the thoratic volume
What causes the diaphragm to return to its dome shaped position?
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.
What is the diaphragm located below?
The diaphragm is shaped like a dome and curves to the bottom of the chest cavity and right above the stomach.
What causes the diaphragm to contract?
enlarge
What separates the abdomen and the chest cavity?
The diaphragm separates the chest from the abdomen and pelvis
What is the sheet of muscle located between the chest and abdomen?
diaphragm
What is it called when the diaphragm relaxes and the chest cavity becomes smaller?
During exhalation the diaphragm relaxes and the chest cavity gets smaller.
What does the rib muscles and diaphragm contract do to the chest cavity?
The space in your chest cavity increases.
What body cavities are separated by the muscular diaphragm?
The diaphragm is situated between the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity.
What is the movement of the chest cavity and the diaphragm?
inhale
What parts of the respiratory system when you inhale?
answer: diaphragm at the bottom of the chest cavity is a muscle called the diaphragm. when the diapragm contracts, the chest cavity becomes larger.
What part of the respiratory system contracts when you inhale?
answer: diaphragm at the bottom of the chest cavity is a muscle called the diaphragm. when the diapragm contracts, the chest cavity becomes larger.
What is the name of the muscular floor of chest cavity?
It is the thoracic diaphragm, or simply diaphragm.
What muscle contracts to expand the chest cavity?
The Diaphragm
Where is the diaphragm located in the chest cavity?
At the bottom of the lungs
Circular muscle at base of chest cavity?
Diaphragm
