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If you cat is not breathing, then yes.
Difficulty breathing when in an upright posture, usually relieved by lying down, is called platypnea. The word is from the Greek platus (flat) and pnoia (breath).
Because it isn't placed in a position where it can go up and down, it is placed in a position where it goes forward and back.
Lying down.
paralysis of voluntary muscles, not involuntary muscles and tissues that control body functions
"Lying down" in French is spelled as "allongé".
Sudden (acute) pulmonary edema signs and symptoms Difficulty breathing (dyspnea) or extreme shortness of breath that worsens with activity or when lying down. A feeling of suffocating or drowning that worsens when lying down. A cough that produces frothy sputum that may be tinged with blood. Wheezing or gasping for breath.
The thigh muscle is voluntary because you can move it up and down, and side to side.
Prone means lying horizontal with the face down. Pronation is the action of lying prone.
Won't Take It Lying Down was created in 2000.
Standing requires more energy than lying down. So the heart rate increases to meet the increased energy demand as you stand up.
You can lay things down, such as tiles on a floor, but if you assume a recumbent position yourself, then you are lying down.