Accessory Muscles of Respiration
The Abdomen
Vocal Folds
Feelin' Nervous
Miscellaneous
100

This muscle of inspiration connects your mastoid process to your sternum and clavicle

Sternocleidomastoid

100

This is the slippery coating that lines the inside surface of the ribs

Costal Pleura

100

This is the name for the space between the vocal folds

The glottis

100

The brain and spinal cord are both part of this anatomical division of the nervous system

Central Nervous System (CNS)

100

This is the heart-shaped aponeurosis in the middle of the diaphragm

The central tendon <3

200

This muscle assists in inspiration and is located on the upper back, sounds "sharp"

Serratus Posterior Supperior

200

This abdominal muscle of expiration lies most superficially to your other abdominal muscles (closest to the surface)

External Oblique

200

These are located directly superior to your vocal folds, and are usually called the "false vocal folds"

Ventricular folds

200

This is the spot where one neuron communicates with another neuron

Synapse

200

This is where gas exchange takes place in the lungs

Alveoli

300

This muscle assists in expiration, and is attached from your pelvis to L1-L4 and your 12th rib. Sounds a bit like a Harry Potter spell.

Quadratus Lumborum

300

This muscle of expiration is what you might see if someone has a "six pack"

Rectus Abdominis

300

This is the deepest of the 5 layers of the vocal folds

Thyroarytenoid muscle (also accept vocalis muscle)

300

These are the four lobes of the brain

Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital

300

This is the name for where the trachea bifurcates (splits in two)

Carina

400

This muscle is typically a muscle of expiration, but this portion is used in inspiration

Internal Intercostal (Interchondral Portion)

400

This is the structure that houses the heart and parts of other vital organs, and is covered in parietal pleura

Mediastenum

400

This is the other name for the combination of the ILLP and DLLP

Vocal Ligament

400

The functional division of the nervous system responsible for voluntary movement and sensation

Somatic Nervous System

400

This type of joint does not allow for any movement

Synarthrodial / Fibrous

500

These muscles are not actually used in respiration, but are important for posture needed to accomplish respiration

Sacrospinal muscles

500

These are the three "holes" in the diaphragm

Foramen Vena Cava, Aortic Hiatus, Esophageal Hiatus

500

This is the other name for the SLLP

Reinke's Space

500

This subdivision of the autonomic nervous system is responsible for your "fight or flight" instincts

Sympathetic Nervous System

500

This type of muscle is "feather shaped" and allows for a lot of power, but a relatively low range of motion

Penniform muscle