HICCUPS
A spasm of the diaphragm
From an involuntary spasm of your diaphragm
Hiccups are caused when you have contractions of the diaphragm. The diaphragm is what makes your lungs take in oxygen and expel it.
Most common cause is a spasm of the veges nerve, which causes a twitch to occur in the diaphragm. People get hiccups for drinking to much water
A hiccup is the involuntary spasm of the diaphragm. I am 100% sure this is the correct answer. I am no doctor but I once saw it on mastermind :D
The stomach pushes up on the diaphragm and irritates the phrenic nerve. The phrenic nerve is what sends signal tell the diaphragm to move so when it gets irritated it causes spasms of the diaphragm and you hiccup.
Hiccups happen when the breathing center activates the diaphragm to inhale air, while the epiglottis at this point gets the wrong signal and closes the windpipe/trachea
No, hiccups mean that there is something stimulating your diaphragm, causing it to "jump" or spasm. More rarely, it could be something affecting the phrenic nerve to the diaphragm. Overeating or swallowing too much air when you eat could cause this...
Hiccups are spasms of the diaphragm (which is the muscle between the chest and the abdomen that pumps up and down to get air in and out of your lungs).It's a spasm in the diaphragm.A hiccup is the spasm of the diaphragm that causes you to intake air and then abruptly stop.
Most common cause is a spasm of the veges nerve, which causes a twitch to occur in the diaphragm. People get hiccups for drinking to much water
Yes, rats can get the hiccups. Rats do not have a gag reflex, which prevents them from burping, vomiting etc. Hiccups, however, are the result of a muscle spasm in the diaphragm. Rat hiccups are silent. Your rat may sit still and appear to be twitching much in the same way that humans hiccup.