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When the intercostal muscles contract or relax the volume of chest expand or recoil the the volume of lungs expands or recoil. why?
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How are the rib cage made?
The rib cage is made of bones with intercostal muscles allowing them to expand and contract when breathing
When you inhale what does the diaphragm and intercostal muscles do?
when you breathe in the intercostal muscles and the diaphragm contract lifting the ribs up.
How are diaphragm and intercostal muscles stimulated?
The diaphragm is stimulated the same way all other muscles are - nerve impulses that originate in the brain (or sometimes the spinal cord). The intercostal muscles expand during inhalation and contract during exhalation in response to the movement of the lungs by the diaphragm.
The rib cage is composed of?
The rib cage is made of bone with intercostal muscles allowing them to expand and contract when breathing.
What muscle expand chest cavity upward during inspiration?
The diaphragm (a sheet of muscle underneath the ribcage) and intercostal muscles (located between your ribs).
When assessing the child's respirations the nurse should keep in mind that children normally use which muscles to breathe?
Children normally use their diaphragm and intercostal muscles to breathe. The diaphragm is the main muscle responsible for breathing, while the intercostal muscles help expand and contract the chest cavity during respiration.
What does the intercostal membrane do?
Intercostal muscles are several groups of muscles that run between the ribs, and help form and move the chestwall. The intercostal muscles are mainly involved in the mechanical aspect of breathing. These muscles help expand and shrink the size of the chest cavity to facilitate breathing.
Does matter contract or expand when heated?
Matter expands when it is heated.
What two ways do muscles work?
They contract and relax
Does matter expand or contract when heated up?
Matter expands when it is heated.
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
What do the words expand and contract mean?
contract is when an object is the same size as always expands is when it gets bigger
