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If you mean the body organ, the diaphragm will help you to breath out and in.
If you mean the type of Birth Control, it blocks the cervix so the sperm won't get in and cause pregnancy.
If you mean a diaphragm in a machine, it is often a membrane, often rubber, that moves back and forth, often for the purpose of pumping things.
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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.
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 job of the diaphram?
The major muscle that the body uses for breathing The above answer is of course correct for the thoracic diaphragm but there are others for example the pelvic diaphragm. A diaphragm is a domed muscular wall the reperates to regions. When is contracts it flattens to increase pressure on the inside of the dome and decrease pressure on the outside of the dome. In the case of the pelvic diaphragm is domes downards and contracts to resisf the increased pressure from the thoracic diaphragm on the abdomen during inhalation.
What is the sheet of muscle located between the chest and abomen?
it is called the diaphram.
What is the job of the diaphragm in the body?
The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle located below the lungs that plays a crucial role in breathing. When you inhale, the diaphragm contracts and moves downward, creating a vacuum that allows air to enter the lungs. When you exhale, the diaphragm relaxes and moves upwards, helping to expel air from 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 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.
What is the job of the diaphragm in the human body?
the diaphragm helps hold air in and out it is located right below your ribcage. when you sing, it pulses and allows your air to hold for a long time without a breath. The diaphragm is a muscle starting in your back and running to your front below your ribcage. It completely separates the area within your ribcage from the area below. However it does have sealed portals through which vessels and other structures pass. By expanding your diaphragm -- your abdomen will rise because the diaphragm is expanding downward into the abdominal area -- you can create a partial vacuum which helps to draw air into your lungs. Conversely, by relaxing your diaphragm you let air out of your lungs.
Where do the system start and ends?
The repertory system starts at the diaphragm and ends at the mouth and nose. Many may say it starts mouth and nose, but the diaphragm has to open up the lungs before the mouth and nose does it's job Update answer by copying and pasting this answer and adding on.
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.
Which muscle is innervated by the phrenic nerve?
Diaphragm
What is the heart above?
it is located above the diaphragm
