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What major cavity is superior to the diaphragm?
The thoracic cavity is superior to the diaphragm. It is separated from the abdominal cavity by the diaphragm and contains the heart and lungs.
What structure on a microscope controls the amount of light that passes through the specimen?
The Diaphragm or diaphragm control lever regulates the amount of light passing through the slide specimen on the microscope stage.
What divides the aorta into a superior thoracic aorta and an inferior abdominal aorta?
The diaphragm divides the aorta into a superior thoracic aorta above the diaphragm and an inferior abdominal aorta below the diaphragm.
Rounded articular projection supported on a bone neck?
Each superior ring is formed by the iliac bone; the anterior side stretches from the ... ligaments --- form a twisting mechanism encircling the neck of the femur. ... in order to constrict the abdominal cavity and pull the diaphragm upward. .... to backward inclination, and the greater sciatic notch is well rounded.
The heart is located above what?
The heart is located above the diaphragm and slightly left of the center of the chest, between the lungs.
What is the human diaphragm made out of?
The diaphragm is not made out of bone, but the diaphragm is a muscle.
What is part of the nervous system aorta or cerebellum or fibula or diaphragm?
The cerebellum is part of the nervous system. The aorta is a major artery, the fibula is a bone in the lower legs and the diaphragm is a muscle needed for breathing.
How is a diaphragm used to prevent pregnancy?
A diaphragm is a silicone or TPE dome that is inserted into the vagina and hooked over the pubic bone so it sits under the cervix in order to stop sperm getting into the cervix. The diaphragm has to be fitted by a doctor to make sure to have the correct size, but the woman inserts the diaphragm along with spermicidal gel before sex and it stays in for a few hours after sex.
What are the attachments of the diaphragm and what nerve innervates it?
The diaphragm is attached to the xiphoid process (Sternum), the lower six costal cartilages (ribs) and the upper three lumbar vertebrae (back bone), and the fibres converge to a central median tendon. It is supplied by the phrenic nerve.
What is the sheet of muscle located between the chest and abomen?
it is called the diaphram.
Treatment for hietial hernia at tip of breast bone?
hiatial hernia is due to part of the stomach protruding through the diaphragm into the thorax. Surgery may be necessary.
What is the dome-shaped muscle that aids in breathing?
The muscle you are referring to is the diaphragm. It also separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity.
Muscle separating the chest and abdomen?
the diaphragm is the muscle separating the chest and the abdomen
What is diaphragm cancer?
what is diaphragm cancer
How the diaphragm helps the lungs?
Your diaphragm contracts and expands when you breath. When the diaphragm contracts, air rushes into the lungs. When the diaphragm relaxes, air is exhaled.
When you breathe in does the diaphragm do?
When you breathe in, your diaphragm contracts. This makes the diaphragm move lower and increases the area in your lungs.
What separates the thoracic from abdominal cavities?
diaphragm
