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Diaphragm which is the most important muscle for breathing, separates lungs from abdomen
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The central portion or area of the chest that separates the lungs is called the?
Mediastinum
What is the wall of muscle underneath your lungs called?
The diaphragm is a wall of muscle that separates the thorax and abdomen, which would place it under the lungs.
What is the strong wall of muscle that separates the chest cavity from the stomach?
diaphragm.
Chest wall become more rigid with age?
yes, the chest wall becomes more rigid and the lungs themselves stiffen
What is the term when lungs and chest wall expand easily?
high compliance
What is the outermost layer of the wall of the lungs consists of the?
The parietal pleura covers the wall of the chest and is made of mesothelium cells.
How does the expansion of the chest wall expand the lungs during inspiration?
the air goes up to the chest cavity. Hope this helps you!
What does breathing have to do with the muscular system?
The muscles of the chest wall & the diaphragm change the volume of the chest ... thus the volume of the lungs, which is what breathing is.
What is the thoracic pleura?
The inner lining of your chest wall against which the lungs lie and move.
Where does the force that moves oxygen into the lungs originate from?
The diaphragm is a sheath of muscle that separates the organs of the chest and abdomen. When you take a breath, you're flexing the diaphragm and a number of smaller muscles in your chest. This inflates the lungs, creating a partial vacuum, drawing air into your nose and mouth and into your lungs.
Pleurae are vital to the integrity of the lungs?
d. they produce a lubricating serous secretion
What is pnuemothorax?
the presence of air or gas in the cavity between the lungs and the chest wall, causing collapse of the lung
