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The hearts apex rests on what?
The apex is the lowest part of the heart which is responsible for ventricular contraction. It points downward, and rests on the diaphragm.
Where is the base of the lung located?
The diaphragm.
When air is forced out of lung by diaphragm is called?
Exhalation
What part of the body is the heart located?
Usually in the left side of the chest . Very rarely it can be midline , or even on the right of center.
What controls lung movement?
The diaphragm controls lung movement. The rib cage also contributes to this.
What are the organs used by different animals for respiration?
Skin gills book lung branchiostegal lung lung diaphragm invertebrate trachea
What causes diaphragm elevated?
Cysts, an infection or abscess, hematoma, or a tumor may be problems that are taking place below the diaphragm. these may be causing upward presure that elevate the diaphragm. Damage to the nerve that controls the diaphragm the (phrenic nerve) or infiltration of the diaphragm by lung cancer or similar tumors can also cause elevation of half of the diaphragm. lung collapse, lung fibrosis, painful pleurisy, pulmonary embolus, or a rib fracture may cause elevation of half of the diaphragm. If there is acute elevation of the entire diaphragm combined with paralysis of both of the phrenic nerves, sudden death may occur.
Is your heart inside your rib cage?
The heart is actually located in the center of the chest with part of the heart reaching slightly left of the sternum. The heart rests on the superior surface of the diaphragm.
What respiratory structure regulates lung ventilation by constricting and dilating?
Diaphragm
Name the two structures that leave permanent imprints in the lobes of the left lung of humans?
it depends which lung you are talking about. On the mediastinal suface right lung there is imprints from the superior vena cava and diaphragm and in the left is the arch of the aorta. Both have cardiac impression more notable on left lung.
What are the two skeletal muscles that contribute to lung function?
Diaphragm and intercostal muscles.
What is pleurodiaphragmatic?
a pleurodiaphragmatic adhesion is when your lung's lining is connected to you diaphragm by scar tissue.
