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What is the sheet of muscles dividing the thorax from the abdomen?
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∙ 11y ago
In a spider, the Pedicel separates the cephalothorax from the abdomen.
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∙ 11y agoDiaphragm
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What are body planes separate the thorax from the abdomen?
In humans and other mammals the thorax and abdomen are separated by a sheet of muscle called the diaphragm. In insects like wasps and bees where there is a narrow region between the thorax and the abdomen this is called the petiole.
What is the the function of the diaphragm?
In the body, the diaphragm is a curved sheet of smooth muscle which separates the thorax from the abdomen. When it contracts, the diaphragm flattens, which INCREASES the volume of the THORAX, which then EXPANDS the lungs. Contracting the diaphragm therefore is associated with breathing IN, NOT OUT. In Birth Control, a diaphragm keeps sperm from getting to your cervix and uterus and making you pregnant.
What is the function the diaphragm?
In the body, the diaphragm is a curved sheet of smooth muscle which separates the thorax from the abdomen. When it contracts, the diaphragm flattens, which INCREASES the volume of the THORAX, which then EXPANDS the lungs. Contracting the diaphragm therefore is associated with breathing IN, NOT OUT. In Birth Control, a diaphragm keeps sperm from getting to your cervix and uterus and making you pregnant.
Where is your abdomen located?
You have the sheet of muscles that protects the abdomen. They are there in front of the abdominal cavity, in the side and the back side also. The six pack muscle, called as rectus abdominis, is the prominent example of the abdominal muscle in the front. Then you have the the external oblique, internal oblique and the transversus abdominis muscles. They are there in the side of the abdomen. You have the sheet like aponeurosis of these muscles in the front of the abdomen. The position of the rectus abdominis, in relation of the aponeurosis of the above muscles, is very interesting.
What is the most serious weakness of DMD?
weakness of the diaphragm, the sheet of muscles at the top of the abdomen that perform the main work of breathing and coughing. Diaphragm weakness leads to reduced energy and stamina, and increased lung infection
What sheet of muscles in your body cavity helps you during breathing process?
These would be the abdominal muscles.
Which structure is the sheet of fibrous connective tissue that separates muscles?
Fascia
What sheet of muscles in your body cavity helps you during the breathing process?
Diaphragm
What is the sheet of muscle located between the chest and abdomen?
diaphragm
Muscle that attaches to the skeleton?
Tendons are the thin sheet of muscles that connect to the bones and joints. The main muscles are attached to the tendons to give our body its form.
What muscle expand chest cavity upward during inspiration?
The diaphragm (a sheet of muscle underneath the ribcage) and intercostal muscles (located between your ribs).
What is a ligiment?
a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organsany connection or unifying bond
