The phrenic nerve is the nerve that controls your diaphragm, the dome-shaped muscle that helps you breathe. The diaphragm muscles expand and tighten the lungs to help you draw air into them. The ...

Located right below the ribcage, the diaphragm allows us to breath by rhythmically contracting and relaxing. As it contracts it also flattens, creating a vacuum that draws air into the lungs. When it ...

The diaphragm is a shallow rubber cap with a rim made of a fine, flexible spring (Figure 4.1). It fits snugly and comfortably across the upper vagina, covering the entire cervix, thus preventing sperm ...

In this prospective study, respiratory monitoring of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) benefited from the use of diaphragm ultrasound imaging. Diaphragm ultrasound imaging (DUI) proved to be ...