ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following best describes where the diaphragm is located?
A
Above the lungs
B
Behind the lungs
C
Beside the lungs
D
Under the lungs
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The diaphragm, located below the lungs, is the major muscle of respiration. It is a large, dome-shaped muscle that contracts rhythmically and continually, and most of the time, involuntarily. Upon inhalation, the diaphragm contracts and flattens and the chest cavity enlarges.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is the diaphragm? The diaphragm is a muscle that helps you inhale and exhale (breathe in and out). This thin, dome-shaped muscle sits below your lungs and heart. It’s attached to your sternum (a bone in the middle of your chest), the bottom of your rib cage and your spine.

Detailed explanation-3: -Your lower esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, and kidneys are below the diaphragm, in your abdominal cavity. The left and right phrenic nerves send signals to control the diaphragm, which receives its blood supply primarily from the inferior phrenic arteries.

Detailed explanation-4: -The diaphragm is a muscular structure that is present below the lungs or anatomically the diaphragm is considered to be present inferior to the lungs. The diaphragm is responsible for helping in controlling lung movement.

Detailed explanation-5: -The thoracic diaphragm, or simply the diaphragm (Ancient Greek: , romanized: diáphragma, lit. ‘partition’), is a sheet of internal skeletal muscle in humans and other mammals that extends across the bottom of the thoracic cavity.

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