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What is the name of the large flat muscle that moves up and down in changes the volume of air in the chest cavity?
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∙ 7y ago
It's called - the diaphragm (pronounced di-a-fram)
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What is the dome shaped sheet of muscle they forms the bitten of the chest cavity?
What is the dome-shaped sheet of muscle that forms the bottom of the chest cavity?The dome-shaped sheet of muscle that forms the bottom of the chest cavity is called Diaphragm.
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 happens to the volume of your chest cavity when you inhale?
When you inhale the volume increases, because the chest cavity expands to hold your breath.It increases.
What is the name of the muscle in your chest cavity?
Heart
What happens to the volume of his chest cavity when he inhales?
The volume of the chest cavity is reduced on exhalation. Imagine your lungs are balloons. Imagine the volume of a balloon full of air, compared to when it is not inflated. The balloon has a greater volume when it is inflated than when it is deflated - just like the lungs do!
What muscle contracts to expand the chest cavity?
The Diaphragm
Circular muscle at base of chest cavity?
Diaphragm
What is the sheet of muscle located between the chest and abdomen?
diaphragm
What happens to the volume of your chest cavity when you enhale?
The volume of the chest increases due to the decrease in pressure in the lungs.
What type of muscle is found at the bottum of your chest?
The diaphragm separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity. It is composed of skeletal muscle.
What muscle or muscles expand the chest cavity by rotating the ribs upward contibuting to inspiration?
What muscle expand the chest cavity by rotating the ribs upward, contributing to inspiration
Are you inhaling or exhaling when the volume of the chest cavity increases?
inhaling
