Heavy work
The primary muscle of inspiration
What is the diaphragm?
The bony structure that is the primary support for our skeleton and protects the spinal cord
What is the vertebral column?
This law states that pressure and volume are inversely related
What is Boyle's law?
Muscles work together in pairs with one being the mover and the other opposing the movement
What are the agonist and antagonist?
These muscles of the neck support forced inspiration
What are the sternocleidomastoid muscle and scalenus (anterior, middle, posterior) muscles?
This girdle includes the clavicle and scapula and helps support our upper extremities
What is the pectoral girdle?
The contraction of the diaphragm causes this change in thoracic pressure
What is a decrease?
What are respiration, phonation, articulation/resonation, nervous and audition?
This long, vertical abdominal muscle helps with forced expiration
What is the rectus abdominus?
A protrusion or bump on a bone
What is a process?
What is 500 mL?
What is the larynx?
These accessory muscles of inspiration have their point of attachment on the ribs
What are the external intercostals, levatores costarum (brevis & longis), serraus posterior superior?
The sternum has these three parts
What are the manubrium, body and xiphoid process?
The measurement for one inspiration and one expiration
The study of body structures and how they work is called this
What is anatomy and physiology?
The diaphragm separates these two cavities
What are the abdominal and thoracic cavities?
The floating ribs have this one point of attachment
What is the vertebral column?
The volume of air that can be inhaled following maximum exhalation
What is vial capacity?
To abduct is to move a body part in this direction
What is laterally or away from midline?